Spring 2015, Issue 14

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

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AIR BOUND GLIDE—Sophomore guard Je’Ron

Primus (No. 2) scores a layup that ties the score at 46-all with 18:39 left in the 92-73 win against host Long Beach City College March 7.

Men’s basketball

FIRST TIME

BY ANDREW RUIZ Staff Writer For the first time in East Los Angeles College history, the men’s basketball team has made it to the California Community College Athletic Association playoffs.

A 92-73 win against Long Beach City College in the fourth round of the CCCAA Southern Regional playoffs on March 7, the Huskies will face Merritt College of the Northern Regional in the State Championships Friday March 13 at 5 p.m. at Cerritos College.

Despite jumping out to an early 11-2 start, the Vikings lost momentum and the lead in the second half after going scoreless for four minutes as the Huskies went on a 7-0 run. “(We) couldn’t score,” Vikings Head Coach Barry Barnes said. “You have to be able to score against this team. This team put up big numbers the first two playoff games. We couldn’t guard them, they scored and we couldn’t score. It’s about that, so the object of the game is so simple: you have to defend someone and you got to get stops and we didn’t do any of them well.”

Sophomore guard Brandon Stanton (29 points, 10 rebounds), sophomore guard Elijah Gaines (12 points) and freshman guard Michael Shivers (13 points) were the only Vikings who finished in double digits.

Freshman guard Chris Spencer struggled throughout the game as he shot four of 11 from the field. He scored eight of his nine points in the first half.

According to sophomore guard Marcus Romain, the focus is to continue to take it one game at a time during the Huskies’ quest for a state championship. “(It) feels good to be the first team in school history to make some accomplishments,” he said. “We want to stay humble and continue to move forward.”

Men’s and women’s basketball teams make history, advance to semi-finals

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OFF GUARD—Forward Abigail Vasquez (No. 30) of East Los Angeles College pulls up for the open mid-range jumper during the playoffs in the men’s gym March 7.

Women’s basketball

BY BRYCE RONQUILLO Staff Writer History was made on March 7 when the women’s basketball team defeated Irvine Valley College 75-62 to make its first Final Four appearance.

The East Los Angeles College men’s gym was filled with 175 people to watch the CCCAA Southern California Regional playoff game.

“I’m as happy as can be,” ELAC Head Coach Bruce Turner said. “I liked the way our match-ups looked at the beginning of the playoffs. I knew we had a chance to get here.”

ELAC found that spark when their intense defense began to cause Irvine Valley to turn the ball over.

The Huskies forced 22 turnovers and only committed 15 as a team.

The defense caused a momentum swing that allowed ELAC to score some easy points in transition.

Irvine Valley responded with some defensive planning of its own by setting up a full court press.

It was no issue for ELAC’s guards who were able to push the tempo and score easy baskets.

Freshman guard Kyla Martin-Burnley is one of ELAC’s best scorers in transition fast breaks.

She was able to run the floor and put herself in a position to score.

“I just play what the defense gives me,” MartinBurnley said.

Martin-Burnley led all scores with 24 points going 9-for-9 from the field and 5-for-7 from the free throw line. She also added seven rebounds.

ELAC went into the locker room with a 33-29 lead to end the half.

ADVANCE Continued on page 6

ASU makes plans for the new semester

BY JOSE ROJAS Staff Writer The Associated Student Union presented plans to make major changes during the spring 2015 semester at its first meeting Friday.

ASU board members announced that they want to create a shuttle from the Gold Line station to the main campus.

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Executive Vice President, Romel Lopez is the leader of the committee working on this project.

The committee has to evaluate how many students use the Metro Gold Line and what type of shuttle would be used.

If this project is approved, it would start up next year and be free to all East Los Angeles College students.

At the beginning of the 2014-

2015 term, ASU had $210,000 of which $171,388 have been distributed to ELAC clubs and community events.

Part of the money ASU receives comes from students’ fees and the other part comes from the state.

ASU chartered the NonTraditional Student Club and the Kinesiology Club. They discussed and approved match funding for different clubs at ELAC. They also

approved funding for the match and tour for the ELAC Puente Club North California trip.

“This trip is very important for the ELAC Puente Club members because it encourages students to transfer to a four-year university and also experience the exposure to internship,” Sarahi Briseño, a Puente Club member said.

Issues with the new school website and the schools’ Wi-Fi

were discussed.

Chief Delegate Ji In Lee said students that are having problems with the new ELAC website or with the campus Wi-Fi should go to the Information Technology Department.

“A lot of people are complaining about this issue, but only one person has gone to the IT department. If more people put pressure on them, this issue would be fixed faster” Ji

In Lee said.

“I believe it is very important for the students to come and participate in this type of meeting so that they can see what the student government, who represents all the students, are working on and what is happening in the Associated Student Union,” Gutierrez said.

The next ASU meeting will be held March 20 at 2 p.m. in the G1 Administration building.

Evacuation Drill

Town Hall Meeting

Blood Drive

The Sheriff’s Department and Administrative Services will conduct a campus-wide evacuation drill today at 10:15 a.m. The drill will last approximately 10 minutes.

An informal financial aid meeting will be held at the E1-Parking Area, Tuesday at noon to answer questions students and faculty have about financial aid.

There will be a blood drive by the Lunch Truck and Free Speech Area March 17 and 18 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. All donors must bring their photo ID.

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Vendors overlook students with food allergies

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JULIANNE OBREGON Staff Writer With the number of people with food allergies increasing, East Los Angeles College should look into providing better food alternatives on campus.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study in 2013 that showed an increase of food allergies among children to be approximately 50 percent between 1997 and 2011.

ELAC should have another vendor on campus to accommodate those with food allergies.

On campus, students, faculty and staff have the option to buy food from the Malibu Bagels food truck or buy snacks from vending machines.

They are convenient for those who don’t have time to get food off campus, they may not be helpful for those with food allergies.

ELAC should look into hiring another vendor or having food available for students with food allergies in the new cafeteria after the student center is complete.

According to Food Allergy Research and Education, researchers have estimated that about 15 million Americans have food allergies.

The anumber of adults that have food allergies have been estimated to about nine million while the amount of children with food allergies are nearly six million.

Milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat, fish and shellfish are eight foods that account for 90 percent of all food-allergic reactions.

ELAC should offer an online survey to find out how many people on campus have allergies and what those allergies are.

People with food allergies can have a tough time finding food that they can eat, especially for those who have recently discovered that they have food allergies.

Food allergy symptoms can appear within minutes to several hours after consuming a food allergen.

Mild symptoms may include

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stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, hives and itchy mouth.

Severe symptoms may include trouble swallowing, chest pain, loss of consciousness and turning blue.

Other reactions such as bloating, weight gain, and swelling in the lips and throat are some of reactions I have experienced after consuming food that I am allergic to.

Once a person finds out that they

are allergic to certain food, they have to adjust their diet by avoiding the food and substituting it for something they can eat.

Most of the time that is easier said than done. With the food truck and vending machines on campus, people with food allergies may find it difficult to avoid foods that they can no longer consume.

According to FARE statistics,

even a small consumption of a food allergen can cause a reaction. Most allergic reactions can be attributed to a form of mislabeling or crosscontact during food preparation.

Every three minutes a food allergy reaction sends someone to the emergency room estimating to about 200,000 emergency visits per year, and every six minutes the reaction is anaphylaxis.

Anaphylaxis is a life-threatening reaction that can affect several areas of the body and may jeopardize breathing and blood circulation.

Food allergies are not curable.

If there are more food options on campus, having a food allergy may not be so difficult.

For more information visit foodallergy.org or foodallergens. info.

Inactivity in the classroom leads to unhealthy students JESUS FIGUEROA Staff Writer A warning to all students, sitting in class may be killing you.

Here at East Los Angeles College very little is done to keep students active.

Throughout recent years there have been several reports, published studies and TED talks about the dangers of a sitting for a long period of time.

The American Medical Association has said that sitting for extended periods of time can be bad for your health.

Sitting for extended amounts of time has a correlation with premature mortality, cancer, obesity, diabetes and even slowing down of our metabolism.

According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, fewer than half of adults in the U.S. get the recommended amount of physical activity.

Two semesters back-to-back, I have taken classes that meet for an extended amount of time and all students did was sit.

Students learn how to draw in art class by sitting for about six hours in a room as they draw bottles, boxes and detailed items found in nature.

If an art professor wants to draw objects found in nature, it would probably be beneficial to take students to a spot around campus and have them draw a plant, a tree or some sort of foliage instead of just having students sit at a desk and stare at a table of objects for six hours.

During a biology class, which

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had the lab portion right after the class portion, students spent five hours sitting in a classroom. Then, students were expected to go home, read their books and sit another three to five hours in front of a computer.

Even while learning about photosynthesis and plants, students were provided with plants sitting in beakers.

If students were allowed to go outside, observe the trees and plants and come back with samples, it would help get them become more active.

There are alternatives to a simple boring class where students are just meant to reiterate facts from a book or draw objects. Doing so would help ELAC break out of a sedentary lifestyle.

There are some classes where it cannot be helped and students will have to sit through class — math, English and psychology — but a physical education class does not have to be the only class where a student is free to move around.

Adults are recommended to get 60 minutes of physical activity a day, but statistics nationally show that adults sit from seven hours to twelve hours a day.

Statistics in California show that most people are inactive on their leisure time.

Small changes like walking daily can help, but when most classes have students just sit and read, or pay attention to a power-point presentation, coupled with large amounts of homework and time in front of a computer, it becomes difficult to get the recommended amount of of physical activity.

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LACCD supports Obama’s free college proposal

BY IVAN CAZARES Staff Writer

The Los Angeles Community College District is rallying behind President Obama’s America’s College promise.

The president announced this proposal to make the first two years of community college free for all citizens during a visit to Pellissippi State Community College, in Knoxville, Tennessee.

LACCD Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez, Ph.D., “Those of us who have been around long enough, we are returning to that free tuition in California. In 1960 UC, CSU, and California community colleges were, essentially, free. There were fees involved, of course, but the tuition part was an investment made by this state in its infrastructure, in its human infrastructure.”

Obama proposes that a similar program be adopted nationwide. Students would have to maintain a 2.5 gradepoint average or higher and be attending at least half the time.

He expanded on the proposal during his 2015 State of The Union Address.

Obama proposed that the Federal government provide 75 percent of community colleges funds and that each state provide the other 25 percent through tax increases.

“I am proud to stand with President Obama in support of community college students throughout our nation” LACCD Board president Scott Svonkin said.

LACCD is the largest community college district in the nation. It serves one quarter of a million students every year in more than 36 cities.

A large number of students at LACCD are eligible for a fee waiver, however this new proposal would affect nine million students and could save them an estimated $3,800 a year in tuition.

America’s Promise is based on The Tennessee Promise, which was signed into law by Governor Bill Haslam.

The Tennessee Promise guarantees qualified Tennessee high school graduates the opportunity to attend one of the state’s 13 community colleges, or 27 colleges of applied science tuition free for two years.

Those who oppose the President’s proposition argue that the program would cost taxpayers too much money.

Some are arguing that more

people earning college degrees would reduce the value of a higher education.

A report from Burning Glass, a labor market analytics company, says that 65 percent of online postings to fill executive secretaries and assistant executives positions now call for a bachelor’s degree.

The report also says that although the position of construction supervisor takes an average of 33 days longer to fill when the employer asks for a bachelor’s degree.

There has been a drastic increase in the number of employers asking for college degrees to fill positions that aren’t historically associated with higher education.

The information is gathered from Burning Glasse’s database of online job postings and the 2011-2012 American

Community Survey.

This change in the job market is being called degree inflation.

WiseGeek.com published an article that argues that having a college degree does not guarantee the graduate would be a qualified employee.

It also points out that an increasing number of jobs that only required an associate’s degree are now requiring a bachelors or even a master’s degree in some cases.

“America thrived in the 20th century because we made High School the norm,” Obama said.

Supporters of the president’s proposal argue

that making the first two years of community college free will help the United States be competitive in the global economy.

The president also said that he placed his focus on community colleges because they serve students that otherwise wouldn’t have access to higher education, and that community colleges help veterans transition back into civilian life.

Students celebrate Chinese New Year

BY MARIA ISIDORO Staff Writer International students hosted the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Sheep last Wednesday in the free speech area.

The idea was to share Chinese traditions with all students at East Los Angeles College who haven’t been exposed to the New Year festivities before at The Chinese welcomed the Year of the Sheep or the goat. According to the lunar calendar the sheep is associated with bringing good luck and prosperity between family and friends The celebration of the Chinese New Year started February 19 and lasted for 15 days, bringing a new round of festivities each day in China.

Some of the Chinese traditions and festivities during the two weeks of celebrating new years are eating dumplings and sticky rice cakes and performing the dragon and lion dances.

The Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival, which is the literal translation of the modern Chinese name.

Students of the International Students Advanced Program Club organized the Chinese New Year 2015 Temple Fair.

ISAP Club President Haoyu Li said most of the Chinese New Year celebration activities and game prizes were imported from China including sheep dolls, panda bears dolls, notebooks, key chains and the lion costume.

During the festival, Li said that families gather to eat traditional food, play games and enjoy time together.

Chinese students arranged activities such as to learn how to write Chinese characters.

“The calligraphy is one of the most brilliant stuff in China.

The language is really difficult to learn and we (ISAP Club) want to give people the chance to learn more about Chinese writing,” Li said.

Many students participated to win game prizes such as using a calligraphy brush to mimic ancient Chinese characters.

According to students of ISAP Club, the calligraphy brush should be held vertically using only three fingers: thumb, index finger and middle finger.

ISAP Club offered traditional Chinese snacks to students who spin the wheel of fortune as well.

Throwing a set of rings to catch bottle of sodas on the ground is another traditional C h i n e s e activity that students took part in, as an opportunity to win a Chinese

sheep doll.

According to Li, the Chinese sheep dolls that were offered to students as game gifts symbolized fortune.

“It (sheep) means you can become rich and you can get luck,” Li said.

“In China, you can go to the Temple Fair and you can see different stuff on the ground like toys and gifts,” she said.

Christian Lopez, an ELAC student, volunteered to perform the lion dance movements as part of the festival, to win ISAP’s major game prize, a big, stuffed panda bear.

According to Chinese traditions, two dancers perform the lion dance and both jump in a form of imitating martial arts movements.

Accompanied by modern music Chinese, a professional live dance was performed by Chinese students of University of California, San Diego.

According to Li, the lion dance is considered an ancient tradition that the Chinese believe to bring good luck into the New Year.

“The lion dance is not only to bring good luck to those people who perform it, but also brings luck to the audience,” Li said.

Li said, performers can throw candy or gifts from the lion’s mouth.

“They will say something like Happy New Year and good luck to everyone in Chinese.”

Li also said that red decorations, fireworks, and loud noises are used in the New Year’s celebration as a way to scare-off bad luck or devils.

According to Li, people in China gather to perform the lion dance if the village or province is being terrified with demons.

“Also this performance symbolizes that for the next whole year we will have a lot of corn growing and fruit,” Li said.

Linghan Jiang, a member of ISAP Club, stated that celebrating the Chinese New Year 2015 at ELAC was also to help ease Chinese students the anxiety of spending the holiday away from home.

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Featured artist Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia’s “by Deborah Calderwood” II, 2008, Acrylic and thread on gessoed paper

Papeles MIS

VPAM features Los Angeles-based artist’s first survey of work

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he Vincent Price Art Museum is presenting the first survey of Los Angeles-based artist Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia’s “Mis Papeles,”containing different mediums of art representing the variety of work produced by Segovia since 2007.

The exhibit also includes the debut of a large-scale work of art consisting of woven shredded paper.

Segovia’s artwork of sculptures, paintings and crafts are showcased through the Small Gallery of the VPAM. The artwork is a colorful display on the walls and also suspend from wires throughout the Small Gallery.

The paper-weavings range from small squares hanging off walls to large drape-like weavings hang through the middle of the exhibit.

In the description for “Mis Papeles” (My papers), it explains the double meaning of the exhibit’s title as being the paper artwork and the artist's documentation.

This exhibit is one of two exhibits open for the spring 2015 semester. The exhibit opened on Feb. 7, alongside “Estampas de la Raza,” and runs through April 18.

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Featured artist Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia’s various ‘Cetros’ made from 2013-2014

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First Friday Jazz concert brings Latin culture to life

BY ALEXA SANTANA Staff Writer First Friday Jazz offered a taste of Latin culture to East Los Angeles College at the S-2 Recital Hall this past Friday.

The L.A. Mambo All-Star Orchestra gave a wonderful performance.

Roberto Chavez Jr., also known as Bobby, professor at ELAC and UCLA Extension, is the orchestra’s musical director.

Ten pieces that incorporated a variety of Latin culture played during the two-hour show.

The show consisted of Latin Jazz, Afro-Cubano Jazz, Mambo Swing, Mambo and much more.

The orchestra did a splendid job and delivered such a great performance.

Chavez is fortunate to be directing a talented group of individuals that have professional experience.

Members of his group have had the chance to work with stars such as Whitney Houston, Ray Charles and many more.

Chavez did a great job of incorporating the history of Latin music. Before the start of each song, Chavez went into detail about where the music originates from and how it has evolved.

In Chavez’s Bolero piece, El Dia Que Me Quieras, he explained that the music originally came from the country of Cuba.

It found its way into Mexico and eventually Mexican composers changed Bolero music by slowing it down. It is now played this way

by Cubans.

This piece stood out from the rest because Chavez’s father, Roberto Chavez, was the vocalist.

His voice was soft, and gave a romantic and intimate feeling to the song.

Having his father be part of his performance showed the love of music they both share.

The crowd responded to his father’s singing with a standing ovation.

Robert Chavez Sr. was a big influence for Chavez and was the one who introduced him to music.

Dancing also played a part in this

piece, and other pieces as well.

Students from the Dance Department added life to Latin Culture.

The Latin Jazz piece “Night In Tunisia” had a powerful beat that captivated the audience It was so impactful that it brought chills to the body.

Latin Dream is a song from Brazil. It started off soft, and had a romantic tone. The saxophone solo made the song stand out.

Along with that, the flugelhorn solo, which was played by Chavez himself, added intensity to its softness.

Of the whole performance, the least interesting was the AfroCubano.

It wasn’t a bad performance, but rather it sounded as if it were calling out an army.

What was great about the overall experience was the variety the show offered.

Chavez made sure to have the audience’s attention throughout the entire show and did so in such a great way.

At one point, the audience played a part in the performance.

During a Mambo, Perez Prado Medley, Chavez informed the audience to perform a loud grunt that was needed as part of the song.

He also brought a sense of humor which made the show more fun to watch.

Not only is he the orchestra’s music director, but he also played the trumpet and the flugelhorn.

Chavez is greatly involved in music. He is a music educator and jazz ensemble director with 24 years of experience in the United States Army Band Program, professional bands, universities, private schools, and private studios.

Chavez’s wife had a great influence on him and was the one who encouraged him to put the band together.

First Friday Jazz is held every first Friday of the month at the S-2 Recital Hall.

The next First Friday concert will be held on April 3.

Tickets are $6 for students with their student ID and $12 for the general public.

DANCING DREAM—

Two guest dancers perform at the First Friday Jazz concert.

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Community celebrates Chinese Spring Festival

BY CYNTHIA LAGUNA Staff Writer

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MAN OF STEEL—The Moose and Chappie (Sharlto Copley) battle it out in Columbia Pictures’ action-adventure “Chappie.”

Finding life in robot ‘Chappie’

BY JESUS FIGUEROA Staff Writer A body of titanium and wires developed a conscience and showed its humanity in “Chappie.”

The heartwarming story of a robot who found his humanity under his cold metal body starts slow but is saved by the ending.

Engineer Deon Wilson, played

by Dev Patel, makes the worlds first police human-controlled robot to keep the world safe, but he struggles to find a way to bring

consciousness to the robots so they can live on their own.

Patel is sent to the background as his performance is overshadowed by the rest of the cast.

Although he fits his character well, he fails to make his character more charismatic than the rest.

In Deon’s hunt for consciousness he is rivaled by Vincent Moore, played by Hugh Jackman, who is set on making a bigger and more threatening machine.

Jackman is menacing. He is a great villain that stands out with a muscular physique and towers over Patel.

Deon successfully creates an algorithm for consciousness.

He is captured by Ninja, played

by Ninja, and Yolandi, played

by Yo-Landi Visser, and gives consciousness to rejected robot Chappie, voiced by Sharlto Copley.

Copley is fantastic at giving the robot a human feel. Audiences will be able to care for and root for Chappie.

Ninja and Visser are a great team together. Ninja grows as a character and entices the audience.

Visser is caring and sweet. She has a motherly attitude, which helps audiences care for her character.

The struggle to raise Chappie b e c o m e s d i ff i c u l t a s N i n j a only wants Chappie to use as an indestructible gangster.

The strangest part of the film is how Chappie grows from having a child-like mind to a full-grown adult.

It’s incredible and although audiences will realize it’s a robot, they will care for Chappie as a human.

The ending is different. It’s satisfying and ties up the story.

“Chappie” opens in theaters on March 6 and is rated R for violence, language and brief nudity.

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The community was brought together to celebrate the Spring Festival Gala with 12 special live performances at Foyer Auditorium in East Los Angeles College last Friday.

All performances were held in Chinese, making it hard for some attendees to understand conversations between speakers.

Some of the performers of the evening were ELAC students or outside performers.

The Chinese Student & Scholars Association worked together with ELAC Chinese students to make this show possible.

A magic Show performed by the magician Jacob had the crowd amused and clapping happily with the show. The magician out-poured cards that seem to appear right into his hands.

An energetic group performed a traditional Chinese Kung Fu and delivered different types of moods to the show. The group of performers each used a different prop such as swords, knives, and sticks. The energy of the performers set the mood for the evening performances.

In between the performances the speakers of the event threw Llama plush toys to the audience. They took a moment to congratulate everyone on the new year.

Two students showed their Beatboxing and rapping abilities really cheering up the crowd of students in the audience.

To get the crowd to participate the speakers of the event made

the students use the app WeChat.

Under this app there is an option where you shake the device and it connects you to all the people who were shaking their device at the same time.

The speaker chose the first three people at the top of the list to enter for a hundred dollar gift card. four people were chosen to pair up and play a game . Two people had to be blindfolded and who ever popped the most balloons were the winners of the gift cards.

Belinda Luo is a student at ELAC and she explained that she feels events like this should be in English as well.

She also mentioned that it was her first time attending these events and she would like for more Chinese events to occur.

An acrobat balanced different plates without breaking them and showed off her flexibility skills by bending herself in different ways.

The Spring Festival in China is a Holiday that brings families together for different activities. It has more than 4,000 years of history. Spring Festival began February 19th and ended March 5th.

On the last day of the Spring Festival there is a Lantern Festival that closes out the Holiday celebration.

The Spring Festival Gala brought together students that were able to see great performances along with traditional ones.

East Los Angeles Foyer Auditorium hosted the Spring Festival Gala put together by the Chinese Students & Scholar Association.

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Advance: Teamwork prevails Continued from page 1 Irvine Valley came out in the second half playing a zone defense.

“It was definitely a chess match type of game tonight,” Turner said.

“She (Irvine Valley Head Coach Julie Hanks) did good things out there with her team tonight.”

Throughout the game, the Huskies dominated the paint on the offensive end. Coming off the bench for the Huskies, freshman forward Abigail Vasquez had 15 points and five rebounds, two being offensive rebounds.

Vasquez shined when given the challenge of going up against Irvine Valley’s 6’1” sophomore center Breanna Turner.

“I was able to trust my teammates to have my weakside help defense w h e n I w a s g u a r d i n g h e r, ”

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‘BASE’ ICS Baseball achieves first conference win GEORGE MALDONADO Staff Writer The Huskies Baseball team earned its first South Coast Conference win defeating El Camino College Compton Center 10-3 on March 7.

The win gave ELAC a 1-2 record in conference and had given Compton its first conference loss of the season.

The team fought off pitches, had aggressive base running and used fundamental techniques to put baserunners to be in better position to score.

There were five players that had one or more runs batted in. Huskies sophomore right fielder Ryan Cruz led with three of his own RBIs. ELAC freshman shortstop Shun Tsunoda hit a perfect 4-for-4 with bunting to lead the way. Huskies Catcher Brandon Hernandez also was a key contributor going 2-for-4

with two runs scored, two RBIs and a walk. “(Tsunoda) did what he was supposed to,” head coach James Hines said.

Tsunoda scored on three of his four hits by teammates’ hitting.

Making defensive stops, Hines said including a double plays that was crucial to winning the game.

ELAC’s pitching was favorable because it resulted in fly-outs, and grounders into the infield.

The Huskies strong defensive push made Compton go three up and three down.

The first run of the game didn’t come until the top of the second i n n i n g b y C o m p t o n ’s L o u i s Johnson’s single bringing home Randy Rubio.

After that, ELAC dominated on offense.

The Huskies’ Tsunoda and Freshman Second Baseman Javier Garcia hit back-to-back singles that

would advance their base position.

A grounder to first base by Huskies sophomore outfielder Samuel Medina would end the second inning with the score at 2-1.

ELAC would continue their imposing defense by preventing a key stolen base by Compton’s Johnny Conde, as well as not allowing Compton’s players to put the ball in play.

Hines said, Cruz with his first start of the season didn’t disappoint. He played great on the defense and on the plate with clutch hits.

The way the bat was swinging for the Huskies allowed them to make Compton call coach’s timeouts.

Later in the game, ELAC made Compton’s pitchers throw more outside pitches.

ELAC players weren’t fooled by the pitches.

According to Hines, the Huskies were aggressive with the fastballs that were thrown to them.

The Huskies offense seemed overwhelming making Compton use six different pitchers in the game.

ELAC only had one pitcher switch at the top of the seventh inning.

Huskies freshman pitcher George Alamillo (2-1) pitched through six innings earning his second win in conference. He gave up eight hits, three runs and two walks.

ELAC freshman Pitcher Diego Gutierrez pitched the rest of the game allowing two hits and no runs.

The Huskies pitchers threw four strikeouts total between the two pitchers that they used.

Compton couldn’t get a rhythm going with its pitchers, recording four strikeouts six pitchers.

Huskies would need to be better against the top pitchers.

ELAC will now go against Pasadena City College at Brookside Park’s Jackie Robinson Memorial Field in Pasadena March 10 at 2:30 p.m.

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Vasquez said.

“Our guards did a very good job of looking for Abigail (Vasquez) in the post… after she scored her first couple buckets, we just kept giving it to her,” Bruce Turner said.

Vasquez has struggled with making it to practice consistently due to working full time. “ My job gave me time off of work for the playoffs... I’m ready to take basketball more seriously” Vasquez said.

ELAC controlled the tempo of the game most of the second half, making the necessary plays when needed. With 2:30 left in the game, freshman guard Olivia Ochoa made a three-pointer to extend the lead to 66-54.

“It feels great to have teammates I can trust,” Ochoa said. “I am very blessed to be a part of this team. I can’t wait to play on Saturday.”

PLAYOFF SCHEDULE Men’s Basketball ELAC men’s baskteball team will play Merritt College on Friday, 5 p.m. at Cerritos College.

The winner will advance to the state championship game Sunday at 1 p.m.

Women’s Basketball ELAC women’s basketball team will play Chabot College on Saturday, 5 p.m. at Cerritos College.

The winner will advance to the state championship game Sunday at 3:30 p.m.

For anyone who can’t attend the Huskies’ semi-final games, there be live coverage on socalcollegesports.com.