Spring 2013, Issue 16

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Young designers fashion new trends

Women’s Studies Committee teaches Title IX laws, benefits

Lourdes Espinoza Staff Writer Hundreds of fashionistas flooded the sold out “Project Ethos LA Fashion Week: The Fate of Fashion, Music and Art” Tuesday night at the Avalon in Hollywood.

Encompassing urban trends, this show was the mecca for style, live music and art.

This colorful exhibition reflects the unique trends within the city.

LA flair popped with emerging talent as models and dancers strutting down the runway wearing designs by: Traver Rains (T. Rains), Daniel Bohbot (Hale Bob), Michael Costello, Andrew Christian, Maor Luz (Maor Apparel), Michael Kuluva (Tumbler and Tipsy), Siann Marlowe (The Ras Collection), Deanna Richmond (Deandri), Pas Pour Toi, Hous of PinkLemonaid and Farahourani.

Global nightlife brand and experiential marketing platform French Tuesdays added class to the already upscale ambience as they served champagne partner CanardDuchêne.

As the night preceded, hundreds crowded the floor and balcony to watch all three fashion show segments.

“I’m loving the outfits some of these people have chosen to wear.

To my left, I see cocktail dresses and sleek ponytails, and to my right, it’s all Levis and deckedout sneakers,” Sarah Abrams said, “It’s definitely very LA. If you’d imagine what a LA fashion show is like, it would be like this...I hope to see more really high fashion.”

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Dulce Carrillo Staff Writer

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Goal Scored— ELAC soccer players David Farias, left, Giovani Reyes and Adolfo Larios wait for Head Coach Eddie Flores to sign as their witness on Monday during their signing on scholarships with Kansas Wesleyan University at the president’s office.

Soccer players reach goal Liliana Marquez Staff Writer Men’s soccer team sophomores Adolfo Larios, Giovani Reyes and David Farias signed their letters of intent to attend Kansas Wesleyan University starting next fall on Monday during a meeting held at the president’s office.

After spending two years as part of the men’s soccer team, forwards Larios and Reyes along with defender, Farias, decided to transfer to KWU after visiting the campus last January.

East Los Angeles College Interim President Farley Herzek, men’s soccer Head Coach Eddie Flores and Assistant Coach Melvin Rubio were present at the signing, KWU Head Coach Mike Dibbini and Assistant Coach Gabe Romo along with their Recruiting Assistant Robert Blondeel-Timmerman were also present at the meeting.

Herzek said he was excited and proud of them and they were a perfect example for other students. According to Blondeel-Timmerman, they decided to recruit these players because of the style and philosophy that Flores has. “They play with heart and they also have the character traits we look for in a student athlete. This is going to allow them to achieve their life goals,” Blondeel-Timmerman said.

Flores said that he knew Larios was going to get a chance to play at the next level. As far as Reyes, he said he was surprised because KWU noticed him at the sophomore bowl where he played as a defender and not as a forward, which was the position he played for ELAC. In Farias’ case, the KWU coaching staff also noticed him at the sophomore bowl, but Flores had doubts and didn’t imagine that they were

going to choose him. Larios decided to attend KWU because he is looking for a new experience away from home and because of the soccer program they have.“They take their soccer program very seriously and that’s what I like to see. They are the team to beat in their conference,” Larios said.

Larios, who had an outstanding performance during his second season with the Huskies, got offers from other schools both in and out of state.

“I got other offers from schools around here and out of state. I was in contact with Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona, University of La Verne and also Hawaii (University of Hawaii, Hilo),” Larios said.

He ended in the third place of the South Coast Conference 2012 men’s soccer individual statistics with a total of 10 goals, nine assists and 29 points. He was also named in the SCC All Conference First Team for the same season. Once he transfers to KWU, Larios plans to major in child development and wants to make his family along with his ELAC coaches and teammates be proud of him.

Farias, who got accepted to his dream school, the University of Southern California, chose KWU and to move out of the state, even though that meant going away from home. “I always said that if I ever got a scholarship, I would take it even if it meant denying USC. The KWU coaches answered all my questions and I liked KWU because they don’t just focus on soccer.

It’s more about education,” Farias said.

Besides being accepted at USC, Farias was also accepted to all the California State Universities he applied and to the University of La Verne which offered him a partial scholarship. Farias said visiting KWU’s campus was a big factor when deciding what college he wanted to transfer to.

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Women in past decades in East Los Angeles College wore the same uniforms but played the same sport as the men did when Title IX was introduced.

E L A C Wo m e n ’s S t u d i e s Committee presented to a full crowd of Elans about the benefits of Title IX in women’s athletics last Thursday in the women’s gym.

Title IX is a law that was passed in 1972. No person in the US, color or gender, can be discriminated or excluded from participating in school activities and the athletic programs. Everyone must be treated equally and with the same benefits.

The Women’s Studies committee invited two guest speakers, Geraldine Fiorello and Sarah Marquez, who were involved with the struggles of equal rights (before and after 1972) because they were woman.

Another speaker was a current student from ELAC and former athlete, Stephanie Rodriguez, who was thankful to the women who fought for Title IX. “We have everything compared to the women who were fighting for equal rights before Title IX was introduced. Thank you for fighting for the future women athletes,” Rodriguez said, former ELAC basketball player.

This law enforcement helped many girls and women play sports mentioned Marilyn Ladd, professor here at ELAC and member of the college Women’s Studies committee.

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Engineers to enter Human Powered Vehicle Challenge Joseph Recinos Staff Writer

Gearing up for the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge for the fourth year in a row, the East Los Angeles College engineering club will compete from April 12 to 14.

The Challenge will be hosted by NASA Ames Research Center and San Jose State University at the NASA research center in Moffett, CA. The HPV challenge is an event where students build human powered vehicles to demonstrate their understanding of sound efficient engineering and design.

The team of Husky engineers which is comprised mostly of freshmen is hopeful for the competition, with their eyes set

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on placing fifth place or better, This year, they plan on combining according to Albert Venegas a three both machines and turning them year veteran of the HPV challenge. into their new and improved human The ELAC engineers are the powered vehicle called Laika. only group in the The name competition that “Laika was derived is representing a from the Russian The main goal is community college. spacecraft Sputnik to integrate the In the 2012 II, the second competition, spacecraft to go team, teach, and Missouri University into Earth’s orbit. expose them to of Science and This spacecraft compettion. Also Technology placed was the first to first and California getting improvments carry a mammal Polytechnic State into space. That done to Laika for University San animal was a the following year.

Luis Obispo placed Husky mix breed second while the named Laika,” ELAC team came said Jose Ramirez, in 12th.

Engineering In the past, the Department ELAC engineers adviser. have competed with a vehicle called “Laika is a Husky, but it is also the Elander versions 2.0 and 3.0. (a) mutt. Laika is the mutt version of

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Women studies celebrates history with film

The Women Studies Committee will show “Iron Jawed Angels” in the S2 Recital Hall tomorrow from 1:55 to 4:50 p.m followed by a discussion led by Barbara Dunsheath.

Elander 2.0 and 3.0,” Ramirez said.

According to Ramirez, the team, which is only on its fourth year of existence, is mostly freshman, which means that a lot of the veterans have either transferred of graduated, will focus more on getting the team into shape for next year. The main goal is to integrate the team, teach and expose them to the competition. Also, getting improvements done to Laika for the following year.

The events are judged on a series of criteria, like design, innovation, analysis, testing, safety and aesthetics, plus a few events like men and women strength and endurance.

According to Venegas. “The ELAC engineers have slowly climbed up the ranks of the HPV competition and have gained the respect of their peers.”

ELAC Student Nurse Association hosts diabetes fair The diabetes fair will take place in front of E7 building and by the Sheriffs Department from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Human Power—Husky engineer Albert Venegas

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EAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE CAMPUS NEWS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013

Take the time to connect with loved ones Dulce Carrillo Staff Writer When an older person passes away, people pay their respect, then move on with their life. When someone young dies, it opens people’s eyes to see that life can be taken away in a blink of an eye.

Grandparents, great aunts or parents have lived their life.

They experienced being a kid, going to dances, having their first kiss, finding true love, getting hurt, marriage, kids, forming a family, graduating college, having a business or just simply living a life with many chapters.

Yes, I have lost loved ones, but the death of one of my family members changed the way I live my life.

While celebrating Christmas Eve with my family enjoying great laughs and remembering old stories, who would have known that all those laughs and smiles could have changed in an instant?

Having to receive a phone call

that brought in the worst pain to my family was a moment that rapidly changed the way I would see life.

My cousin who was 14 years old, went through a tragic accident while being on a ride with friends in Mexico.

She lost her life falling off a ride then having a pole (from the ride) fall into her skull leading to an instant death.

She was a happy, positive and well spirited young lady.

Sometimes we are so used to our daily schedules that we do not appreciate what we have around us or talk to the people whom we love.

We are caught up and believe in tomorrow.

Ever since my cousin’s passing, I began to value the people around me and hold no grudge to what life puts on my road.

I have also connected with people that have gone through the same pain, but different situations.

There have been youths losing their life to cancer, during a surgery, playing sports, allergies and many more.

This year I have known of five people who have died.

A parent’s worst nightmare is to lose a child.

My uncle once told a story of a mother who had five kids. When she was asked what child’s death would be the most painful she answered “ I have five fingers, if I had one chopped off or all of them off, I’ll be in the same pain.”

Take a moment to say I love you to family members and close friends.

Talk to friends that you have not heard from since high school, middle school or elementary school.

It’s always nice to find out about old friends.

Do not just use Facebook or any other social media to find out about them. Make some time to meet them.

Life is not set in stone. No one can stop you from doing something.

Do not wait until someone talks to you.

Make the move and make the time you have with the people around you worth every second.

Privacy does not end at death Jesus Figueroa Staff Writer

In a battle over privacy, lawyers go after Facebook to release accounts of deceased family members to their rightful heirs.

The attempts to change the internet laws came after a mother, Karen Williams, lost her 22 year-old son in a motorcycle accident.

She attempted to use her son’s account as a memorial for friends and family.

Facebook administrators locked her out of the account due to Facebook’s privacy rules.

Williams sued Facebook and won. In spite of her victory, she never had full access to the account which was later deactivated by Facebook administrators.

It is a creepy thought that anyone would be allowed use a Facebook profile that is not theirs.

Shows like MTV’s “Catfish” searches for those deceitful people who use fake accounts.

That may be an extreme example of malice due to fake Facebook accounts, but from the success of the film and show, it happens more often than most would expect.

One would not expect a mother to do something like using their child’s profile.

Identity theft is a growing issue in the United States leaving many devastating unwanted activity, such as frivolous spending associated to the victim’s name.

Does the privacy Facebook users have by using a password to access their personal account end at death or should their privacy continue regardless?

Would anyone want their mother snooping through their private messages and photos discovering a world they have kept hidden?

Facebook administration has their set of rules established to provide adequate care and protect users from any harm.

“You will not provide any false personal information on Facebook, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission,” is stated in the first rule under subcategory “Registration and Account Security” in Facebook’s “Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.”

To attempt to keep users safe there are many more rules to discourage fraudulent activity.

“You will not transfer your account (including any page or application you administer) to

anyone without first getting our written permission,” says rule 9 in Facebook’s “Registration and Account Security.”

The Stored Communications Act of 1986 protects against getting access or the attempt to get access to private information online.

The argument now leads to the question “can digital assets be considered real estate transferable to next of kin after death?”

It is ridiculous that a mother would snoop through her dead child’s internet life through the content left on Facebook.

Many online profiles are not representative of the true nature behind the person who manages it.

I have two separate pages on Facebook. One is my personal profile which still does not show many things I do or everything regarding who I am.

The second is a Facebook page that displays more of what I do.

It is dedicated to my writing and professional life.

Two different sides of me displayed in two different manners.

Probably the best way to immortalized the way a loved one is seen would be to create a page and fix it in a way best fitting to the vision preferred. Then suggest it to all who would appreciate the page.

Consumers can save time and buy someone a gift card for one of their favorite stores, but consumers should be careful.

Gift cards also take the worry out of not knowing whether or not the person likes another gift.

They could be purchased at almost every store and at many large supermarkets.

Markets have small sections stocked up with gift cards to stores and restaurants.

This makes it even more convenient.

You could pick out a gift card while buying groceries and save yourself a trip to another store.

Gift cards seem like a good idea until a person becomes a victim of gift card fraud.

Last Christmas, my brother gave my sister and me gift cards to a major department store which were bought at a supermarket.

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EDITOR IN CHIEF Megan Perry

Along with the gift cards, receipts of the purchase were included so we could know they were activated.

A few days after Christmas, my sister was going to purchase makeup at the department store only to be told at the register that her gift card had no value.

To make sure, and to save myself embarrassment, I called customer service to see how much money my gift card had.

When I called, my gift card only had $4 even though I never used it.

After calling customer service, my brother was told that the gift cards were used at a mall far away which we never go to.

After trying to get the gift cards replaced, we were turned down.

My brother lost his money and we were left with gift cards that had no monetary value.

This is problematic when buying or receiving gifts.

The website wptv.com says that “Crooks use a cell phone camera to record serial numbers from gift cards on store racks. They wait a few days, then periodically call a toll-free number to see if any of the

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cards have been activated.”

I have purchased gift cards for friends and family many times.

I have also received many gift cards, some which I have used for school purposes such as buying school supplies.

Companies and stores that sell their gift cards need to take bigger measures to ensure the safety of their products.

This is a scenario where one is not sure who to place the responsibility upon; the supermarket selling the gift cards or big retailers that allow their gift cards to be sold at other locations and still make their money.

For example, supermarkets that sell gift cards should place them behind a counter or behind glass where the only people who have access to them are the employees.

Both companies need to take extra precautions because sometimes people who receive these gift cards might desperately need them.

To take extra precaution, gift card buyers should drive to the actual store where they want to buy the gift cards or maybe give cash instead of gift cards.

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No. 16-ranked baseball wins first series Tadzio Garcia Staff Writer

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VICTORY IS DEJECTION—East Los Angeles College celebrates

a win after winning at Long Beach City College 9-4, last Saturday.

Long Beach walks off the field with their heads lowered.

The Huskies, ranked 16th in the SoCal poll moved into third place in the South Coast Conference after winning their first series of the season over Long Beach City College.

The Huskies, 10-8 overall, 3-3 in SCC play closed out the series at Long Beach (9-10, 2-4) with two wins after losing the series opener 8-2, at Long Beach last Tuesday.

The Huskies bounced back from the series-opening loss by defeating the Vikings 6-3 and 9-4 last Thursday and this past Saturday.

The Huskies play against Pasadena City College (3-15, 1-5) at Brookside Park tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. and again on Saturday at noon.

East Los Angeles College led by five runs heading into the sixth inning in Saturday’s game. It was

Swim stuns top-seed Pasadena

throughout the game,” Millan said.

Infielder Kevin Rodriguez began the rally advancing to second base off a single scoring outfielder Chris Flores.

“We stayed in the game. Even the dugout was in it.

“Tough play and a great job on the hill by both pitchers earned us the win,” pitcher Anthony Chavez said who supported the team from the dugout.

The Huskies slammed the door on the Vikings after scoring three runs in the top of the ninth inning off of five hits.

“Playing in games like this, the way we did is what we prepare for,” Millan said.

Lomeli started the rally. “I said to myself that I was going to hit the ball to get a rally started for the ‘Dawgs,’” Lomeli said.

His hit was followed by singles from Flores, Rodriguez and outfielders Andrew Gutierrez and Kyle Peralta.

The Huskies began their barrage of 16 hits by scoring one run in the second through fourth innings.

“Getting ahead of the (Long Beach) batters with first pitch strikes throughout the game put their hitters in a whole.

After taking the lead we lost focus, but we were able to maintain our edge to close out the win,” Hines said.

After the game, when asked about his save De La Rosa said, “We fed off each other’s energy.

We are excited. We got the team win together.”

The Huskies are on the road after the Pasadena series. They face two ranked opponents in three games all at Allan Hancock College in two weeks.

ELAC faces Hancock (9-10) on March 22, No. 17 Cuesta College (8-11) and No. 17 (NoCal poll) Merced College (9-9). ELAC is 4-5 this season against ranked opponents.

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Swim and dive team

The team travels to El Camino College today at 3 p.m. with the winner taking over second play in the South Coast Conference.

The Huskies host Compton College at home, Friday at 3 p.m.

ELAC won at Compton last week, 21-0 and stands 1-1 overall.

The Huskies are riding a threegame win streak after winning at Pasadena yesterday, 6-1.

ELAC 11-8 overall, 4-3 in SCC play, closes out the series at Pasadena (3-16, 1-6) tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. and Saturday at noon.

The Husky-nine is locked in a third place tie in the SCC with La Harbor College.

The swim and dive team host SCC leading Chaffey College and Cerritos College in a double-dual meet this Friday at 12:30 p.m.

The Huskies are 3-1 in SCC play, but play two of the toughest teams in the conference.

all ELAC when the Vikings started a rally. The Vikings’s crowd joined the game after the ELAC lead was cut to one-run.

“We let them back in the ballgame,” Assistant Coach Adan Millan said.

Long Beach scored four runs with the help of three Husky errors.

“It started with my error,” Husky catcher Armando Lomeli said.

Husky pitcher Leonard De La Rosa got the final out of the inning after relieving Elias Novelo. Novelo pitched five and two-thirds innings, allowing four runs (three earned) off of four hits.

After the long inning, Assistant Coach Philip Valdez encouraged the Huskies and said, “Shake it. Shake it (off). Let’s keep playing.

The Huskies did just that. They answered back with a rally of their own, scoring a run taking a 6-4 lead. “Our guys moved on from the sixth inning bouncing back with competitive baseball they kept

Tadzio Garcia Staff Writer Fresh off winning their third double-dual meet in two years and their first at home in more than 15 years, the swim and dive team stunned top seeded Pasadena City College last week in a South Coast Conference meet.

The Huskies front quadrants outscored Pasadena by nine points with four events left in the meet then stayed even for the win.

The Huskies waited almost four hours for the meet to begin because Pasadena arrived at 2 p.m. for the 12:30 p.m. meet.

“They should have been here like everyone else. We were here at 10:45 a.m. and began to loosen up. We waited almost four hours to compete, which didn’t help us,” Denise Burrola said.

To pass time, Huskies Kimberly Morales, Yazandra Martinez and Jennifer Flores had fun with a synchronizing swim stunt they performed for the team.

“E-L-A-C, go Huskies,” echoed throughout the El Camino College swim stadium.

“We did it to get our minds off of the wait. When it came time to compete, we turned it off and focused,” Yazandra Martinez said.

“The late start affected the first relay,” Head Coach Erik Matheson said.

“The team was able to get ready both mentally and physically. It was a good learning experience. Meets don’t always run smoothly and top performances still need to happen,” Matheson said.

The Huskies beat Pasadena, 132-123 in a South Coast Conference dual meet and lost to

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WINDMILL WAVE—Team Co-Captain Alexandra Gonzalez splashes through three third place finishes for nine points in a nine-point win over Pasadena City College last Friday in Torrance. host El Camino 151-116.

The key to the upset was the 500-yard freestyle. Ashley Jauregui, Christina Burrola and Veronica Orantes placed second through fourth, respectively.

Jauregui swam a personal record to edge Christina Burrola by 0.04 of a second.

“Continuing there seasonal-long time improvements, Jauregui and team captain Felicia Ballesteros each had two personal best records,” Matheson said.

Jauregui also recorded a personal best in the 100-yard butterfly.

Ballesteros swam personal records in the 50 and 100-yard backstroke events.

“I worked really hard all week to accomplish better times. I am also concentrating on my weakness, the butterfly, so I can score more points in the individual medley for the team,” Ballesteros said.

Also flying in with two personal records each were Christina Burrola (50 butterfly, 100-yard butterfly),

Denise Burrola (200 and 500 freestyle events) and Karina Reyes.

Reyes’s personal record in the 100-yard breaststroke was the first time she swam under the two minute mark.

Not to be outdone, Kimberly Fierros swam a lifetime best in the 50-yard butterfly.

Alexandra Gonzales took three third places scoring nine points for the Huskies. Jacqueline Leal’s top finish a second place in te 50-yard breastroke.

Yazandra Martinez finished in fourth place in the 1-meter women’s diving also with a personal best with 102.3 points.

The Huskies and El Camino are tied for second place in the SCC with 3-1 records. Pasadena lost its third straight upset and dropped to 0-3 in conference play.

The Huskies host Cerritos and Chaffey colleges on Friday in an SCC double-dual meet at 12:30 p.m. in the swim stadium.

Track and field takes wins over universities Diego Linares Staff Writer

A bright day turned to brisk night when the Huskies track and field team faced off at the Oxy Distance Carnival, winning some heats in front of 2,000 at Occidental College last Friday.

Gonzalo Ceja won his 800-meter run heat edging Will Clausen of Clarinet Mudd-Scripps College.

All-American Megan Magdaleno took first in her 800 run heat, edging teammate Oliva Reyes by almost three seconds. An ex-nursing turned kinesiology major, Magdaleno, who has gained interest from universities in Georgia and Texas as well as California, was ran an impressive time in the 5,000-meter run.

When asked about her work ethic and performance she said, “I’ve been going to practice every day and pushing hard when we do the speed workouts. Those help a lot. I feel like I save a little bit (of energy) so I can sprint at the end and pass some girls.”

Ceja set a personal record by cutting more than 20 seconds off of his 3,000-meter steeplechase run, finishing in 9:48.78.

He is the first Husky since 2006 to run the steeplechase under the ten minute mark. Ceja now has the seventh fastest steeplechase time in the state for community college men.

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SPLASH LANDING—Despite Andrew Torres’s fall in 28 inches

of water in the 3,000-meter steeplechase water hurdle, he ran a personal best at the Oxy Distance Carnival last Saturday at Occidental College.

An excited Gonzalo came off the track and said, “Even though I improved by 20 seconds, I can still do better.”

Aaron Jasso had the best 800meter run for the ELAC men. His Oxy time has moved up to the seventh fastest time of South Coast Performance 800 runners. Jasso had his work cut out for him as the only Husky to compete in the men’s 5,000 meter run coming in at 16:28.95.

While running in their respective races both Rosa Arellano and Andrew Torres took a stumble into the water of the short water jump in the steeplechase. Rosa chuckled

Basketball Men’s The men’s basketball team returns all but six men to next year’s squad.

With the bulk of the team, ELAC will challenge Mt. SAC for the South Coast Conference title next season.

ELAC won both SCC games against the Mounties, 77-70 at home in overtime and 68-53 on the road.

Mt. SAC won the state title over Chaffey College 102-88. ELAC beat Chaffey College 91-88 earlier in the season.

Softball ELAC (6-12, 4-5) hosted Mt. SAC yesterday at Pasadena (10-13).

Results were not available before Campus News deadline.

The Huskies have a two-win game streak after two road wins last week.

ELAC walloped LA Harbor 12-3 and beat LA Valley College, 5-1.

The Huskies play at Pasadena (12-15, 4-6) today at 2 p.m.

For game coverage of the Harbor game, go to Elaccampusnews.com

Track and field team The Huskies will compete in the 70th Annual Pasadena Games on Friday and Saturday in Jackie Robinson Stadium on at Pasadena City College, all day.

The Huskies sent their distance runners last week to the Oxy Distance Carnival.

Three Huskies won races.

Gonzalo Ceja in his 800-meter run heat, Megan Magdaleno in her 800 run heat and Rosa Arellano in her 800 heat.

For more coverage on the Huskies last meet at the Occidental Distance Carnival, see the track and field article at Elaccampusnews.

Badminton loses to top-seed Erik Machuca Staff Writer Pasadena City College edged the Huskies 13-8 in a key South Coast Conference match at home last Friday.

The Lancers own a 37-game South Coast Conference win streak and a 16-game win streak of the Huskies. They are favored to win the SCC. During the streak, the Huskies came close to upsetting Pasadena losing by one point three times. The Huskies came close this year.

The Huskies could not stop Pasadena City College’s the SCC’s top player, Angie Ortiz who ran the show for the Lancers.

She helped her team to six of the 13 points for the four-time defending South Coast Conference champion Lancers.

The Lancers took eight of the 12 singles matches and three of the five doubles matches.

Ortiz was the CCCAA state singles champion in women’s badminton last season, said she worked on her conditioning in the offseason.

She won both of her singles matches in convincing fashion, 21-10, 21-10 and 21-5, 21-5, and was two for two in doubles along with sophomore teammate Grace Espinoza, 22-20, 21-15, and 21-8, 21-7.

In the absence of Huskies Head Coach Qui Nguy, Huskies Assistant Coach Lena Zeng rallied the team.

Husky Cherry Lai, standout of the day for the Huskies, was well aware of the Lancers streak and came prepared.

After losing the first set in her opening doubles match, freshmen

and shed a couple smiles as she tried to stay warm after the race and said, “At least I wasn’t the only one who fell.”

Torres fell on the water jump in a crouched squatting position and said, “I didn’t have time to think about what happened other than just moving to get up and move on,” Torres said. His fall garnered one of the loudest screams of the night. The crowd cheered him on after he got up like nothing happened.

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Ready, Set, flick—Yuki Tai, prepares to ser ve in her Huskies singles match win over Alejandra Palacios. Tai won 21-16, 21-15 but it wasn’t enough in ELAC’s 13-8 loss at home to Pasadena City College March 15 in the women’s gym.

Lai and Yuki Tai came back for the Huskies to trounce Pasadena freshman Shaghig Avadisian and sophomore Lancer Alyssa Boyt, 18-21, 21-5, 21-8.

“We’ve been practicing since February. We know they’re a tough opponent coming up and have many returning players,” Lai said.

Lai also defeated sophomore Grace Espinoza in a singles, 21-8, 21-16. Tai won her singles match over freshman Alejandra Palacios, 21-16, 21-15.

The Huskies entered the season with only three returning players, Shirley Su, Siqiong Pei and Kelly (Cong) Tian.

In the Huskies other doubles win, returning sophomore Shirley Su and freshman Suki Kwan squeezed by Avadisian and Boyt, 24-22, 21-19 in easily the most exciting match of the day.

Husky freshmen Chuyan Lao and

Karen (Siying) Pei both defeated freshman Lancer Xiwei Yan in singles matches, 21-10, 21-3, and 21-17, 21-19, respectively.

Lancers Head Coach Bill Sanchez said he knew East Los Angeles College would be a tough match.

“We practiced hard. We know that we are going to be in a battle every time we come here,” Sanchez said.

The team doesn’t see that as a drawback. “Our top player this year is Cherry,” Zeng said.

Though only a freshman, Lai brings a confident demeanor to the team and encourages them to have fun.

“We practice three days a week, the girls are very motivated, and we take on extra practice if we need to,” Lai said. “We want to win state.

We’re going all the way.”

The Huskies will get another shot towards that goal today at El Camino at 3 p.m.

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NAMI advocates mental well-being Jesus Figueroa Staff Writer

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free at last—Cuban contemporary artist Carlos Enrique Prado Herrera talks about his life, upbringings and how he left Cuba, during a lecture held last week at the S2 building.

Artist talks about life in Cuba Cristina Galvan & Mannie Miguel Staff Writers Guest speaker Carlos Enrique Prado Herrera used humor in his art to show the hardships of growing up in communist-ruled Cuba while talking to students last Wednesday in the S2 building.

According to Prado, from 1992 through 1997 Cubans lived in deep crisis and did not have food, electricity or other basic necessities.

In 1994, at the age of 16, Prado had his first exhibition. He said that as a teenager it was hard for him to understand what was happening to his people and why suffering took place.

“My art was a way to express my personal experience. At the moment, it was a shelter for me,” Prado said.

His drawings portray people walking without having a destination

between private and public scenes. or any goals.

He first got into art when his Some of his artwork is a metaphor about traveling because people in parents took him to a museum as a child.

Cuba cannot travel.

“That opened for me a new Prado created portable ceramic world,” Prado said. pieces shaped like torsos.

Prado graduated from Universidad Some of these torsos have de las Artes de Cuba straps and handles (University of the Arts attached in order “My art was a of Cuba) where he was to look like backpacks and also a professor for way to express bags. seven years. my personal The idea behind Prado has been experience. At making these living in the United States for the past portable sculptures the moment it years and he is to allow people to was a shelter for two was able to bring his carry them around, me.” wife as well. so other people According to Prado, can buy them and Carlos Prado the Cuban artists’s take them to other artist work cannot be too countries.

Prado also talked about some political because the government of his other sculptures, which are would get upset. Most of his work is still in Cuba and he hopes that toilets.

For Prado, toilets refer to privacy someday he will be able to bring and he wanted to break the boundary some of it to the United States.

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The National Alliance of Mental Illness Club attempts to get students aware of mental well-being through an art contest.

“Culture and mental well-being” was chosen by the majority vote of club members as the theme for the “NAMI on campus art contest.”

The contest is open to all students on campus. The top three winners will get gift cards from Michael’s.

First place will get $50, second place will get $25 and third place will get $15. NAMI is sponsoring its own art contest.

The contest submissions are due Tuesday during the club’s meeting at the F7 building, room 220. They meet from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Club member Sara Chavez leads this club project with help from club President Jake Stephens.

“It (the art contest) is open to all ELAC students regardless of what their majors are.

“It’s just another way of coping.

We are just here to help people and

Signing: Soccer players sign letters of intent to KWU Continued from page 1 “ I had a bad impression of KWU, but visiting the campus and meeting new people made the decision for me. The campus is so small and there aren’t a lot of things to do, but that’s not a bad thing considering that you’ll be more focused on school,” Farias said.

Farias wants to major in nursing and just like his teammate Larios, he wants to make his parents proud.

While playing for ELAC, Farias scored a total of five goals and had 10 assists.

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we see art as another way of coping, mental health issues. something to help you and it can be “Our mission really is to get very therapeutic,” Chavez said. people aware (of mental health).

Judging on the art will be done If people are unaware, they don’t as a collaborative effort of the 25 have the opportunity for acceptance. members of the NAMI club.

Once they have “What we acceptance, have been trying they become “Our mission really to focus on is proactive,” is to get people aware Stephenson said. on removing the stigma of C h a v e z (of mental health). If mental illness. said the club people are unaware We c a l l i t welcomes new they don’t have the mental wellmembers. They being or mental are hoping that opportunity for health. That these acceptance. Once they through way people upcoming have acceptance, they e v e n t s m o r e are more r e c e p t i v e t o can become proactive.”

ELAC students it,” Stephenson will become Jake Stephens said. aware of the NAMI club president NAMI will NAMI program. host a number “One of the problems here is lack of events in the coming months of communication. Everybody is including a poetry reading and a so stressed out, ‘Got my schedule, nature hike. got my classes, this and that.’ They All of the upcoming events put don’t take time for themselves, on by the club will be open to all for healing. A lot of students do students on campus and are centered that. They spend more time on this upon helping ELAC students with (cellphone),” Stephens said.

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a hat trick on the ELAC men’s soccer team in over three decades.

Reyes decided to accept KWU’s offer because it was giving him the opportunity to keep playing soccer.

“I decided to attend KWU because they were offering a scholarship to do what I love the most, which is playing soccer,” Reyes said.

Like his teammates, Reyes also got offers from other schools. One of them was La Verne.

Reyes always wanted to experience the next competition level after finishing his two years at ELAC and he always saw soccer as a possible path to expand his education level.

Reyes, who plans to major in biology at KWU, hopes to win a championship ring as part of the Coyotes men’s soccer team.

Over the last three years KWU

has recruited five ELAC soccer players. Two of these players placed on the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Plains Region Second Team for the 2012 season.

KWU is a private four-year college in Salina, Kansas and is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

KWU competes in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.

The Coyotes ended the 2012 season with an overall record of 16-3-2.

They won both the KCAC Regular Season and Tournament Championships for the third consecutive year.

The Coyotes also advanced to the NAIA Men’s Soccer Championship opening round where they lost to Olivet Nazarene University.

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Applied Music Program performs classics

DANNY VASQUEZ Staff Writer

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SHINING VOICE— Beatriz Tasha Masana from the Applied Music Program recites “Amarilli, Mia Bella” at the S2 Recital Hall last Wednesday.

SERGIO BERRUETA Staff Writer The first student recital to showcase the singing and piano talents of East Los Angeles College’s Applied Music Program took place at the S2 Recital Hall last Wednesday.

Soprano Suhsien Chang came to the stage performing “No, No, No Si Speri” from Carissimi’s Canzone.

Her delicate voice gleamed heart and soul with every crescendo.

Hadassah Meneses followed suit in her performance of “Alma del Core.” Meneses gave a performance combining both the strength in her voice balanced with the lighthearted changes in her singing.

Other sopranos made their mark with performances of classics by Handel and Rossini such as Siqi Li who provided style and grace in the form of operatic booms and sudden changes in tempos.

Bianca Garcia's deep vibrant voice did a balancing act between crescendos and decrescendos which concluded with a heart racing high note.

Karen Hernandez performed the first piano piece of the show, Bach's “French Suite in C Minor.”

Hernandez moved on the keys with ease, despite her expressions being covered up by her long hair,which was distracting to some.

After her, Beatriz Tasha Magaña took the stage with her sweet yet powerful voice singing “Amarilli, Mia Bella.”

Toti O’Brien gave an arousing performance of Henry Pucell's “Now That the Sun” with pure passion. She moved around the stage like a veteran showing her expressions of assurance and compassion. O’Brien ended on a climactic note giving the feel she was longing for something more that she could not grasp.

O’Brien was followed by Sonia Rodriguez who gave a stunning but nervous performance of Handel’s “I Know That My Redeemer Liveth.”

Rodriguez held it together despite her anxiousness delivering a good performance with dramatic wonder.

Sam Aguirre provided change as the only male singer. Aguirre's song choice of Handel's “The People That Walked in Darkness” complimented his deep baritone with dramatic complex changes in tone that wowed the crowd.

Another crowd pleaser was the final soprano of the day, Angelica Solis. Solis glided across the

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BOOMING BARITONE— Sam Aguirre fills the Recital Hall

with his baritone performance of the “The People That Walked in Darkness.”

stage owning every minute of her performance with pure confidence filling the hall with the essence of operatic vocal work at its finest.

The recital ended with Jerome de Los Santos on piano playing Liszt's “Trescendental Etude No. 4 Mazeppa.” Los Santos gave an erratic thrilling performance with a flurry of notes played fast and furious. The manic play lead to a softer interlude into an even more

In a scene from “Romeo and Juliet,” Raymond Padilla, left, plays Benvolio who questions Romeo, played by James Akingbade, about his love for Rosaline. Theater students from Instructor Kelley Hogan’s advanced acting class came to Instructor Joan Gurfield’s English 215 Shakespeare class last Thursday.

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Konscious Thinking hosts Art Madness The community organization Koncious Thinking hosted an event to showcase local artists called Art Madness at Rey’s Frames located in East Los Angeles last Saturday.

Rey Sepulveda of Rey’s Frames is a former East Los Angeles College student who graduated last year with his associates degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences.

The event took place at Rey’s Frames on the corner of Olympic and Indiana from noon to six in the evening.

Rey’s Frames displays various styles of artists such as ELAC students Juan Morales and Ivan Virgen along with local street-artist Vomit and Saul Ponce.

Sepulveda along with his girlfriend Yunuen Gonzalez, and his friend who goes by the name of Turtle collaborated to organize Konscious Thinking events like the one held on Saturday.

Gonzalez who is an artist specializing in paper mache was a featured artist in one of the Konscious Thinking events.

Later, it was decided that she could be more productive as one of the event coordinators, so she joined the team.

Normally Rey’s Frames provides custom and personal framing and has been in business for about two years.

According to Sepulveda, business is good. “I think I’m the only one in this area who’s providing my kind of service,” he says.

The idea of developing an art gallery came from Sepulveda and Turtle along with the help of Juan Morales, a featured artist in the shop. “I told him if he ever needed a place to paint, he could come and paint in the shop,” said Sepulveda.

“Performing a musical for the first time on their new stage, ‘Dream On’ blended music, theater...”

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A tempest of hilarious jokes and heartfelt moments took the stage at East Los Angeles College’s first musical in their new Proscenium theatre with “Dream On” last Friday. ELAC’s Theatre Arts Department teamed up with the Music Department to produce an entertaining night of music and comedy.

“Dream On,” students performed the first musical on their new stage, blended music, theater and dance into a big extravaganza of a show. The only problem was that the music was too loud to hear the singers in a few of the songs.

The story took the audience on a voyage with a rich materialistic family and employee that got swept away into a tempest wind and separated on a mysterious island.

T h e f a m i l y, separated and lost, find themselves in an island that is ruled by a wizard named Prospero, played by Joseph Arquette, who is accompanied by mischievous dancing musical Harpies.

Arquette’s performance as the strong dominant Prospero was spectacular and showed off his vocal chords and acting ability. His vocal ability was captivating with a powerful opening number entitled “Tempest” that proved his strength as a singer. He created a storm of emotions with his voice and power from his dominant dramatic character.

Arthur’s wife Lolly, played by Carilla Clements, and employee Stephan, played by Anthony Masushige, find each other and believe that Arthur and Freddie, played by Roani Nile Whent, were caught in the tempest and died.

Stephan starts to seduce Lolly and she goes along with it.

Lolly and Stephan were a duo

of laughter with their seductive comedy style. Clements was a comedy genius as the character Lolly. She made this materialistic Brooklyn woman loveable and funny.

The island was infested with playful Harpies and a spirit named Ariel, played by Samantha Saenz, who did all Prospero’s dirty work.

Ariel brought mischief and treachery to the visitors in return for her freedom from Prospero.

Ariel was a little ball of joy and a pleasure to watch. Her character was childlike and playful, but she still kept her seriousness as a performer.

Saenz kept the momentum and playful quality of her character throughout her entire performance.

A monumental song, “Get Down,” brought seriousness to her role as she rose up like a phoenix and dominated the show.

Ariel was e v e r y w h e r e throughout the play even when she didn’t have lines to speak she would be somewhere in the background. She was conducting the music and pretending to play a nonexistent violin.

More captivating performances were those of the combined efforts of Arthur and Lolly’s son Freddie and Prospero’s daughter Miranda, played by Angelene Storey, who brought forbidden love into to mix of the play.

Whent was energetic and funny while Storey’s was more serious and worrisome. Both their performance were heartfelt to watch as they displayed a convincing amount of affection toward each other and created realistic chemistry.

Overall, the musical was hilarious and entertaining to watch.

“Dream On” runs through March 24.

Saturday’s Art Madness was their fourth event and Gonzalez and Sepulveda both agree that this was their best turnout so far.

Vendors sold drinks, food and desserts at affordable prices. Most of the food was Mexican food with prices ranging from $2-$3 and drinks for $1 a cup.

There was also raffle tickets being sold for $3. Yunuen Gonzalez raffled off certain art pieces which were donated to them by the artist.

Pieces by Morales, Vomit and Ponce were among those which were raffled off to those who donated.

The trio hopes to soon be able to display art at the monthly Los Angeles Art Walk in downtown L.A.

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manical series of notes proving Los Santos's power as the player of the ebony and ivory, delivering a ballet of scales and appregios.

The recital gave a great start to the small series giving everyone time in the spotlight, even if hints of nervousness and anxiety.

Brilliant performances, both on the vocal and piano front, impressed and delivered a fantastic time for the crowd.

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Choir ensemble sings in harmony SUMMER GOMEZ Staff Writer The Chamber Chorale performs at East Los Angeles College creating harmonious melodies using only the instruments from their vocal cords.

The Chamber Chorale is ELAC’s esteemed choir class which aims to learn and perform classical pieces of music at least once every semester on and off campus. This choir class is led under the direction of Dr. Anthony Lucipa in the Music Department of the performing arts complex.

Dr. Lucipa has been the conductor of the Chamber Chorale for eight years now as he reinstated the spot of music Professor Barbara Hasty back in 2005. The group has performed at the Choral Festivals at California State University, Los

Angeles and the University of Southern California.

They have performed pieces such as “Requiem” by Faure, “Nelson Mass” by Haydn and “A German Requiem” by Brahms. Once every year, the Chamber Chorale works together with Dr. Lucipa's church choir, St. Bede the Venerable, in Cañada Flintridge.

“This class breathes life into pieces of art that were done by others years ago,” choir student Francisco Lopez said.

“You just have to hear us,” he continued. The Chamber Chorale has been delivering choruses for many years.

There are only two choir groups at ELAC which are the college choir and the Chamber Chorale. Among the two, the Chamber Chorale is more prestigious because it is a selected group of students who

have previously acquired a musical background.

Because the class is exclusive with a more difficult repertoire, students must be auditioned in order to be accepted.

The style of the Chamber Chorale is very unique because the focus is classical music making it a challenge for some students to learn.

The group is separated into a quartet with the females taking over sopranos and altos as the males take over the tenors and basses.

This semester, the Chamber Chorale has been working on musical pieces including Bach’s “Magnificat” and “Vivaldi’s Gloria.” It is expected that the group performs these pieces at their recital, May 11 on ELAC campus.

Although this class is only one unit, students are expected to be dedicated.

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Lights—Instructor François-Pierre Couture, right center, and the student lighting crew sets up

the fixures to ensure the musical numbers get the best possible lighting and mood.

‘ ream On’ takes center stage

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MAke up—While putting on makeup, Joseph Arquette practices his lines and facial expressions before he gets called in for rehearsal.

Musical comedy “Dream On,” the Proscenium Theatre’s first musical, has East Los Angeles College’s Theatre Arts and Music Department collaborating on their opening production of the season.

Students and staff have been hard at work since the spring semester started, building sets, casting roles, fitting costumes and learning lines to bring to life the adaptation written by Howard Dando.

Directed by Tom Atha with music by Marsha Malamet, lyrics by Dennis Green and music direction by Rob Rettberg.

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SPIRITED—Spirit Ariel, played by Samantha Saenz, crouches in anticipation of further michief.

Praise—

Caliban, left ground, played

by Samuel Adam Aguirre III, kisses Stephan’s shoe while Lolly, right, played by Carilla Clements, watches in disgust.

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Miranda, played

by Angelene Storey, sings a soft sad song to her love interest Freddie, played by Roani Nile Whent, as she believes she needs to say goodbye.

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