Volume 71, Issue 21
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Wednesday, May 7, 2014
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Sheriff finds lost money, searches for owner Jesus Figueroa Staff Writer
MAKING WAVES
Swimmers splash through state finals Tadzio Garcia Staff Writer The women’s swim and dive team finished in 17th place at the 2014 California Community College Athletic Association Swim and Dive State Championships held May 1-3 in the ELAC Swim Stadium. Diablo Valley College won the women’s team, title surpassing Orange Coast College by just 14 points on the final day. It was DVC’s first title in seven years and ninth in its history. Alice Ying Fei Zhang is the first ELAC swimmer to advance to the finals out of the prelims in 25 years. Zhang won All-American status in three races. She won the silver medal taking second place in the 100-yard individual medley. She was No. 19-seeded entering the event’s prelims. Zhang beat 18 higher-seeded women while winning ELAC’s highest placing medal in the state finals. “She is the highest ranking (swimmer) ELAC has ever had, achieving what no one else has at this college,” ELAC Swim and dive team head coach Erik Matheson said. Zhang placed fourth in the 50-yard breaststroke. Her third medal and All-American status was in the 100 breaststroke. She was No. 16-seeded
in the event. Zhang finished with personal records in every race, prelims and finals. “She dropped three seconds in the 100 (IM), a half second in the 50 breaststroke and a full second in the 100 breaststroke and she accomplished this without being in the pool for almost a month,” Matheson said. Zhang said she went in each prelim race with a strategy of qualifying to the final of each event rather than burning herself out. Teammate Wenning Shen advanced to the consolation finals in the 50 and 100 backstrokes. “She missed qualifying in the 100 (IM) by just .02 of a second. She finished with a personal record,” ELAC second-year swim coach Susan Lai said. Entering the 50 back as the No. 23 seed, Shen placed 10th swimming personal records in the prelims and finals. Shen placed 14th in the 100 back. Zhang scored 45 points for ELAC. Shen added 14 points to vault ELAC past De Anza, San Joaquin Delta and Grossmont colleges in the final standings. The Swim Stadium drew about 3,000 including athletes and fans over the three days. CN/Tadzio Garcia
The Sheriffs at East Los Angeles College are looking for the owner of a considerable amount of money that was lost by the F9 bungalow on April 13. Deputy Humberto Barragan said he hopes that the person who lost the money will come claim it. “All the person needs to do is tell us the amount of money that was lost and the denominations and we would be more than happy to return the money,” Barragan said. It has been awhile since the money was lost, so the deputy hopes that the person who lost the money will claim it within the next 30 days. The sheriff’s station on campus is holding on to the money until the time period to claim the money has expired. They must then follow procedure for lost money. “We write a report for lost property and it will go to where ever it is it goes in the end,” Barragan said. “It’s not going to be in the hands of the person who lost it. I am trying to make every effort to find the person who lost it and return the money that they lost,” he said. Anyone with any information that may help the sheriff’s find the owner of the lost money can contact the sheriffs station in B5104 or call (323)265-8800.
Artists accepted into prestigious LACMA summer academy Maegan Ortiz Staff Writer
CN/Jesus Figueroa
ELAC President receives banner from UCLA University of California, Los Angeles Chancellor Gene Block presents East Los Angeles College President Marvin Martinez with a banner from UCLA last Thursday during ELAC’s “Spring into a Career” Job and Career Fair 2014. Martinez was joined by ELAC administration.
News Briefs
Three East Los Angeles College students were accepted to the Andrew W. Mellon Summer Academy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art sponsored by the Mellon Foundation. Kimberly Miranda, Saúl Quintero and Liliana Sanchez were among 65 students from across southern California competing for 15 slots in the academy. Sanchez, a 20-year-old art history major from Commerce applied because it fit in with her plans for the future. “Since I want to go into art history, either as a curator or teaching in a four year university, I figured it would be good to get some experience. I’m really interested in knowing what goes into creating an exhibit. I love museums and I want to see what goes on behind the scenes,” Sanchez said. Summer academies are one-week immersion programs designed to provide a rich experience in the museum environment and expose participants to career options related to art and art history. According to LACMA, the
Indecent Exposure Incident
A male Hispanic approximately 26 years old, 5 foot 9 inches tall, 160 lbs., with facial hair and a ponytail wearing a white shirt was reported exposing himself in the library on April 5. Information leads sheriffs to believe suspect to be an ongoing threat.
Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship Program provides specialized training in the curatorial field for students from diverse backgrounds across the United States. Kimberly Miranda, also a 20-yearold art history major at ELAC, could not believe the news when she found out she was one of those selected. “These programs are really important, because it gives people that are not of privileged backgrounds an opportunity to contribute their ideas,” Miranda said. Sanchez also said she could not believe she got into the program, in part because she was competing with students from four-yearuniversities. “It speaks to the quality of ELAC students and the art history (program) here that three students got into the program,” Sanchez said Each summer academy will include workshops, tours, field trips and networking events with museum professionals. Participants will also work together to curate an exhibit. The fellowship, announced in February, seeks to impact American art museums by developing curators
First Friday Jazz
who are committed to engaging with the full spectrum of museum audiences. Summer academy applicants submitted a form with general information, transcripts, a resume and essay responses to prompts provided as part of the application process. Saúl Quintero, a 24-year-old ELAC Chicano Studies major, sees the program as a way to deal with what he sees as a problem of representation. “ I believe it is necessary to expand the diversity of curatorial ranks in American art museums because historically underrepresented individuals are absent in nonspecific ethnic museums. To walk into an academic space and see familiar images regarded as artwork, and to have shows curated by individuals from our communities is a powerful message,” Quintero said. The program specifically seeks individuals from historically underrepresented groups in the curatorial field who are undergraduates currently enrolled at a university, college or community college.
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East Los Angeles College will host the First Friday Jazz Concert Series on Friday at 8 p.m. at the S2 Recital Hall. Everyone is welcome to attend and admission is free.
Corrections
Kimberly Miranda
Liliana Sanchez
Saúl Quintero
On “Elans unite to celebrate Earth Day” Associate Dean of CalWorks Angelica Toledo’s last name was misspelled and title was wrong. The Earth Day event was held on April 23 not April 22.