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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Marisa Vasquez Editor-in-Chief

Dear Readers, Santa Monica College has seen many a scandal in its time within many of its different departments. Some were false, some were true, and a lot were somewhere in between, but all equally important to students’ quality of life within the school they have chosen to trust with their educational futures. What is essential during these times is that there is an avenue of transparency between all parties involved.

In relation to the front cover of this current issue, The Corsair has been carefully investigating and looking at both sides of the proposal to construct a Social Justice and Gender Equity Center in place of a portion of the Associated Students Computer Lab. Corsair News Editor, Edward Lee, looks at the reasons for the newly approved center to see what the people involved did to work towards their goal as well as what the center needs in addition to their approval.

Front Cover: Art History Professor and Gender-Sexuality Alliance advisor, Nate Donahue, takes to the podium during the public comments section of the Associated Student Board meeting on Monday, Nov. 28, 2017, in the Cayton Center to comment on the proposal to begin construction on the Gender Equity Center in place of a portion of the Associated Students Computer Lab. Photo By: Marisa Vasquez

Corsair Managing Editor, Ryanne Mena, reports on the event where it all happened. During the weekly AS Board meeting, students showed either their opposition or support for the Social Justice and Gender Equity Center that has spiked a whirlwind of conversation on the SMC unofficial Facebook page. The meeting attracted an unusually large crowd of students who were very vocal about their concerns throughout the meeting. For full live stream coverage, go to The Corsair Facebook page.

Regardless of the harsh debates that have been sparked by the Social Justice and Gender Equity Center, SMC’s connectivity and universal care for student life is reflected by the passion put into both sides of the proposal. It is also found within this holiday season. Right before Thanksgiving break, the Asian Cultural Exchange Association hosted a “Friendsgiving Day” feast for students to enjoy. The traditional Thanksgiving styled dinner was meant to focus on student connectivity while allowing those who may not be able to take part in the festive day, a little taste of some common Thanksgiving Day traditions.

Another article in this issue that is focused around traditions is The Corsair’s movie review of Disney and Pixar’s Coco. The written piece dissects the preparation and attention to detail that was executed by the film makers. As this was the Walt Disney Company’s first ever Hispanic oriented feature film, the article brings to light the care the studio took to do right by the Mexican culture as well as the holiday, Dia de los Muertos.

After this issue, The Corsair has a single issue left to end with the semester. It has been a true privilege and honor to serve as this semester’s Editor-in-Chief and hope that the rest of this semester runs more than smoothly for our readers and that your holiday season be filled with factual news oriented information and tithings of great joy.

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SMC 'Friendsgiving' Breaks Bread Between Cultures

ETHAN LAUREN STAFF WRITER

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Slices of pumpkin pie sit across the table during the 'Friendsgiving' dinner hosted by the Asian Culture Exchange Association. Students received pumpkin pie during the 'Friendsgiving' dinner in the Santa Monica College cafeteria at Santa Monica, Calif. on November 21, 2017.

Students and faculty came together during a ‘Friendsgiving’ dinner hosted by the Asian Cultural Exchange Association at Santa Monica College on Wednesday, Nov. 21 from 4-7 p.m. in the cafeteria.

People who came were given a plate of sliced turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberries, rolls, and drinks, in addition to pumpkin pie with whipped cream at no cost. Red envelopes filled with a dollar, which is customary in Chinese culture, were passed out to give a bit of an outside

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Students line up for a free 'Friendsgiving' dinner in the Santa Monica College cafeteria at Santa Monica, Calif. on November 21, 2017. The event was hosted by the Asian Culture Exchange Association, in hopes to create a night that’ll bring students and faculty together with a traditional American Thanksgiving Dinner.

culture to an otherwise American holiday.

Organizers also held a canned food drive at the event, with donations going to students in need through the Associated Students of SMC. As this event was free for everybody involved, the ACEA reached out to get sponsors. In addition to food prepared

by Campus Kitchen and Eat St., the club also made a proposal to the A.S. for just under $3,000 from their activities account, and $400 from their club account. They also received $26,00 in donations.

This is not the first time an event like this has happened on campus. Last year, the ACEA had the same event, originally started from the the club's former president, Jennifer Chen, the current president for the A.S. “Every time that Thanksgiving comes with no family that I can celebrate with, so I just stay home or go Black Friday shopping,” Chen said. “We had this idea that we can do a Thanksgiving dinner here for international students, or homeless students, or any student who has nowhere to go for Thanksgiving and to actually learn the culture, to learn the history of Thanksgiving. And it’s just great trying to gather everyone to come together as an SMC family.”

Da El Yang, the current president of the ASEA, helped plan the event with the club’s board members. Last year had around 350 participants, so the club expected about 500 this semester. They started planning the event about two and a half months beforehand.

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because we already had a set example.

We used the example that we had before, and we did it in a much bigger number,” Yang said.

The event emphasized on bringing people together and enjoying a nice meal.

Even its advertised name of ‘Friendsgiving’ was a way to put a focus on the people at SMC rather than the controversial past of Thanksgiving. Dr. Nancy Grass, Associate Dean of Student Life briefly spoke on the the holiday’s history and how its meaning has changed over the years.

“Everything in our history is complicated. There are many more stories than just the victors and the losers,” Dr. Grass said. “But what we make with it and what we do with it now in our time […] as we kind of come to terms with our history that it’s kind of ugly at times. We can use that to create a better future for ourselves. And that we can make the Thanksgiving holiday what we want it to mean for us."

Many international students from different countries around the world came to the dinner, having never celebrated Thanksgiving before, including Summer Le, a first-year international student from Vietnam.

“This is actually the first time that I had a traditional American Thanksgiving dish. It was really good," Le said. "I really appreciate that they planned it and they gave everyone the opportunity to enjoy an American Thanksgiving."

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GEN-C Necessities EDWARD LEE

NEWS EDITOR After the sexual assault allegations against Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein came to light, a wave of allegations of sexual assault and harassment in Hollywood and politics brought renewed attention nationwide on the prevalence and issues of sexual assault and harassment through society. But Santa Monica College Professor Eileen Rabach says she is not surprised, saying they are symptoms of “issues that are always present. Right now they’re in the headlines with Harvey Weinstein and Sacramento, but for all of us, we know they’re always there. It’s just a matter of the headlines.”

Professor Eileen Rabach is an economics professor at SMC and has been advocating for the Gender Equity Center, now officially called GEN-C (Gender Equity Network Center), since 2014. The Associated Students approved a proposal this Monday to provide $500,000 in funding and some space from the Cayton Center to create the Social Justice & Gender Equity Center.

And although Raybach is grateful to the AS, and the center is planned to be completed by the Fall 2018 semester, she feels that the school’s administration has not prioritized the center enough.

Rabach explains that this center would be a resource for the LGBT community to safely discuss difficult topics including sexual harassment and assault in an environment of toxic masculinity.

“We have no space,” Rabach says.

“We have veteran’s centers, environmental center, Black Collegians, Adelante, Latina Center. But we don’t

have a gender center. And gender is [an] essential issue right now.”

According to the official implementation plan that was proposed by the Gender Equity Center committee, GEN-C “is an intersectional student service and educational resource hub that will provide a safe and brave space for SMC students and the wider campus community in regard to gender, sexuality, identity, and inclusion."

Rabach notes that the current political developments have clearly illustrated how important the role that the GEN-C would fulfill. “One, we have a predator-in-chief, I mean here’s a guy [President Trump] who says he’s grabbing women’s private parts. And we have all of this [allegations] in LA, Hollywood exploding,” Rabach says. She explains these incidents are symptomatic of an environment where it is difficult to discuss these issues.

She also brings up the Corsair having contributed to this environment, when the newspaper published an article in 2014 about the rising sport of pole dancing during Women’s History Month. Although she says this was a minor incident, she explains these incidents are symptomatic of an environment where it is difficult to discuss issues.

“We have no venue on campus to respond, we have no tools to respond,” Rabach says. “This should be a huge teaching moment.”

Professor Gail Livings, who teaches sociology at SMC and also a member of the Gender Equity Committee, agrees with Rabach that the administration have not been prioritizing the center enough.

“It’s painfully obvious when I’m teaching about gender and race in

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A sign posted to demonstrate the amount of workstations that would be removed in order to put the new Gender Equity Center in the Associated Students computer lab. 50 of the 82 workstations will be removed in order to put this plan into place. The Associated Students Computer lab is located at the Cayton Center on Santa Monica College's main campus in Santa Monica, Calif. on November 28, 2017.

my classes... You get the kids interested and they’re like - well, where do we go from here, what can we do, how can I find out more?” Livings says. “And there’s no place to send them, not on campus. So it’s really frustrating, because the little bit we do to inform them doesn’t really go anywhere.

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clerical staff member.

“We need staff – I wasn’t hired to do this,” Rabach says. “I love working, but we need someone that says gender right here, showing up at administration meetings, representing, inviting speakers.”

And while the center is planned to soon come to reality, Rabach believes the lack of staffing still needs to be addressed. “We’d say this is an urgent issue. It’s like there’s a fire raging, and we’re going, ok well next year, next fall we’ll get some hoses,” Rabach says.

Students who advocated for the center declined comment.

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On Monday, Nov. 27, 2017, Martiza Lopez, ICC Communications Officer (right), Melisa Akkaya, ICC Vice Chair (center right), Kyana Shajari, ICC Chair (center), Alexa Benavente, Director of Sustainability (left center), and Jialing Li, Instructional Support (left), listen in to student's' public comments concerning the proposal to approve construction and outfitting of Social Justice/ Gender Equity Center within the Associated Students Computer Lab located in the Cayton Center at the SMC main campus Cayton Center at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, Calif.

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Santiago Guerrero, the A.S. Director of Student Advocacy, allows each of the public comment speakers three minutes to voice their concerns to the A.S. Directors. The Board meeting taking place on Monday, Nov. 27, 2017 at the Cayton Center in Santa Monica, Calif., drew an unusually large crowd of students as the main topic of discussion was the vote of approval on construction and outfitting of Social Justice/ Gender Equity Center that, at the end of the meeting, was ultimately aprroved .

Plan for Gender Equity and Social Justice Center Causes Turmoil RYANNE MENA MANAGING EDITOR

The Associated Students meeting on Monday November 27, 2017 spent an hour and twenty-three minutes of their three hour and twenty eight minute meeting discussing Major Action Item 3.7: Approval for Construction and outfitting of Social Justice/ Gender Equity Center and Computer Lab. The proposal was a popular topic of discussion on the unofficial Santa Monica College Facebook page which correlated to 32 public comments that were exercised at the beginning of the meeting, both in favor and opposing.

budget. Mysterie Peña, President of the Gender Sexuality Alliance Club at Santa Monica College, stated, “We’ve been trying, we thought it was going to be done last year.. but it unfortunately kept on getting pushed back. So, we’re hoping on getting it pushed forward today.”

When asked about those opposing this policy, Peña said, “I understand it, I think whenever there’s change, there’s always going to be people who are scared of it, or feel attacked by it.”

The people who were opposed to this policy disagreed with how this policy was handled. “I have no problem with an administrative policy to make a genDoctor Nancy Grass, the AS advisor, der equity center… My only problem is submitted the proposal form, which was the secrecy that this has been handled filed to fund a Gender Equity and Social with and the cost to the AS, as well as Justice Center, in the back portion of the the seeming corruption,” said SMC stuCayton Center Computer Lab. The prodent Ben Kolodny. Both those in support posal form states that this project would and in opposition of this policy, who atcost $500,000 of AS money, which is tended the AS Board meeting, agreed on approximately 50 percent of AS’s yearly FOR EXTENDED COVERAGE VISIT US AT THECORSAIRONLINE.COM •

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that SMC should have a Gender Equity and Social Justice Center.

After the public comment portion of the meeting ended, students called to a “point of information”, which is included in Roberts Rules, allowing students to interrupt the speaker during an AS Board meeting. In number two of section three of article I of the AS Constitution states that, “The Parliamentary Authority of the A.S. is the most current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order.” Students were denied to voice their points of information multiple times by the AS Board.

During the voting process of item 7.3, former AS President and SMC alumni Jesse Randel reacted to the policy passing by saying, “Y’all just got used like a towel.” At 5:25 PM, the AS Board unanimously voted to pass Major Action Item 7.3.

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Santa Monica College Student, Andrea Ramos, speaks up during the public comments section of the A.S. Board of Directors Meeting held on Santa Monica College main campus in Santa Monica, Calif. on November 27, 2017. .

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Teddy Randel removes himself after feeling unheard at the the Associated Students meeting at the Santa Monica College main campus Cayton Center in Santa Monica, Calif. on November 27, 2017.

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Jennifer Chen, A.S. President, (right) points at the section that will be taken out from the Computer Lab to make room for the Gender Equity Center during the AS meeting held at the Santa Monica College main campus Cayton Center in Santa Monica, Calif. on November 27, 2017.

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NEWS CULTURE/OPINION

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Detailing Coco: Movie Review

MARISA VASQUEZ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Surrounded by strangers in a theater is not the best place to break out in tears, but Disney and Pixar seem to be in the business of making audiences cry. Their latest film, Coco, directed by Lee Unkrich and co-directed by Adrian Molina, has domestically grossed more than $49 million in its opening weekend, topping the weekend box office.

Miguel, played by Anthony Gonzalez, finds himself misunderstood within his family, as they have a strict “no music” policy that his whole family abides by. His Abuelita, played by Renee Victor, implements this rule religiously, causing Miguel to desperately find a way to play music to a live audience, just like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Miguel's attempts to perform publicly falls short as he finds himself in the "Land of the Dead" during the holiday of Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead.

With Coco being the first Disney/Pixar feature film centered around Mexican arts and culture, the creators of the film brushed through Mexico and its history with a fine-toothed comb in order to correctly pay homage to its rich culture. Research trips to Mexico and cultural consultants were utilized and helped contribute to the

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movie’s attention to detail.

The setting of the story takes place during Dia de los Muertos which, due to the intensive research done by the studio, accurately portrays the essence of the holiday itself. Coco takes on almost an educational role by displaying the usual Mexican traditions outside of the over exaggerated storytelling plot lines.

One detail that made it to the big screen was the inspiration of Guana Juanto, which is a city in Mexico that helped inspire most of the film's vibrant scenery within the land of the dead.

The animators also took into consideration the marigold petals that are often trailed to

the altar of an ancestor, as per Dia de los Muertos tradition.

The trails, created by family members, can lead from the cemetery to a household in some cases. This is considered to be a pathway for ancestors to find their way back home. The marigold petals play a big role in the movie as Miguel’s family is seen creating a trail of marigold petals that lead, unknowingly, to the land of the dead, where bridges upon bridges of marigolds help the deceased cross over to visit their families during the holiday.

In an interview with the official Disney Company blog, “Oh my Disney,” the director of photography, Danielle Feinberg, explains

that the photography department revised technology used in a former Disney/Pixar film, The Good Dinosaur, to help light the scenes within the film. The revised coding allowed the animators to fine tune the lights as individual lights rather than a collective group, causing for a vibrant and colorfully lit screen throughout.

Upon its opening, Coco fulfilled Pixar’s animation standard in terms of artwork and storyline. The vibrant and complex sceneries within the film are littered with finite detail all crafted by the

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The Forgotten Ones

The day I set foot back on American soil after a tour of duty in Iraq compared to the day my father got home from Vietnam.

JUSTIN WOOD STAFF WRITER

I'll never forget the feeling of the smile on my face when I felt our plane touch down. We were finally landing back home on American soil. For the previous 15 months, I had been stationed in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. All the good times, and the bad times were running through my head. I had never felt more accomplished in my life. I was now considered a "Veteran." That is a title that, no matter what I will ever do in my life, can never be taken away from me.

Photo Courtesy of Justin Wood Vietnam Veteran, Sergeant Stanley Wood, poses for a portrait.

When the plane landed, I remember looking around and seeing that everyone else in my platoon was wearing the same smile. We all stood up from our seats, grabbed our gear, and began to make our way to the exit. The airplane door opened

with the steps leading to the ground and we were welcomed by a color guard, many military officers, and our loved ones. I walked down those steps proudly with my chin held high, my "combat patch" proudly displayed on my right sleeve.

Rewind time 30 years back to the end of the Vietnam War. My father, Sergeant Stanley Wood, was flying back to the United States. He felt empty. His battle buddy had been killed in an attack that also made my dad the recipient of a Purple Heart (a medal that is given to any troop wounded in combat.) Instead of wearing his uniform with pride on his flight, he tried to hide the fact that he was coming back from war. While I was greeted with a warm ovation, my dad was greeted with spit in his face and called a "baby killer."

For the first few days I was home I was taken out to so many bars by my friends. It was uncommon for me to not receive free drinks from other patrons in the bar and even the bartender. They would thank me for my service and tell me that my money was no good there. I was even reminded and encouraged many times from fellow Veterans that if I started to feel anxiety or anything to seek help.

For my dad's first few days back in 1975, he did not want to even leave his house.

His nerves were shot, he could not get the images out of his head of what he had been through.

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My dad who had been in many altercations and even in a helicopter that was shot down, would now wake up in cold sweats and jump every time somebody tried to wake him up. Growing up with him, I thought that this was normal for all adults.

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tried to seek help for his condition, he was told that it was just "shell shock" and that he would get over it soon enough.

What makes this all so much more unfair is that I raised my hand to go, I volunteered to enter the Army. My father, like many Vietnam Veterans, was drafted.

He came home from work one day and received a letter telling him (not asking) what to do. After fighting in a brutal war that they had no wish to be in, these veterans all came home to fight another war in their own country. The same place that they should be coming home to and finally feeling welcomed, they were being shunned. They refused the help, they refused to be recognized for what they'd been through, and they refused to be proud veterans.

Many of these Vietnam Veterans are now battling addictions, with 47% of all homeless veterans having fought in Vietnam. They served a country that did not serve them back. Imagine ever going through anything half that traumatic. Were they treated nearly as great as the veterans of my era? Absolutely not. Is it too late to finally give them the recognition that they deserve and that they earned? Absolutely not, I think it starts with us.

No matter how you feel about a war or armed conflict you should always remember that some of these veterans have the same exact feelings as you do towards the war and you might just be interested to hear the same perspective as somebody that has been "over there." So what can you do to show these guys the appreciation they deserve? Just a simple thank you and you will see the same smile on their face that I was fortunate enough to experience the day I came home.

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SPORTS NEWS

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Women's Tennis Rebuilds for Spring Season

NICOLAS JOHNSON STAFF WRITER

L a s t A p r i l , t h e S a nt a Mo n ic a C ol lege C o r s a i r s Wo m e n's Te n n i s t e a m wo n t h e O ja i Te n n i s Tou r n a m e nt . T h i s c o m i ng s e a s o n , t h e y w i l l lo ok t o r e p e a t t h e i r d o m i n a nt p e r fo rm a n c e.

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A s t h e r e ig n i ng ch a m pio n s , t h e t e a m w i l l e nt e r t h e n e w s e a s o n n ex t s e m e s t e r w it h ou t fou r of t h e i r t o p pl aye r s , wh o a l l h ave t r a n sfe r r e d ou t of SMC. He a d C o a ch R ich a r d G old e n s o n h a s b e e n t h e c o a ch of t h e p r og r a m fo r 14 ye a r s a n d c o a ch e d t h e t e a m t h r ou g h f ive ove r a l l ch a m pio n s h ip s si n c e 2010.

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r e a d i ng a b ou t t h e i r p r og r e s s a t t h e h ig h e r le vel. S o it 's n o rm a l , I ' m u s e d t o it . S o e ve r y ye a r you' r e r e bu i ld i ng , e s s e n t i a l ly l i ke a l it t le f a m i ly of pl aye r s , it 's f u n pu t t i ng t h a t f a m i ly t oge t h e r."

G old e n s o n a l s o ex pl a i n e d h ow h e pl a n n e d t o p r e p a r e h i s n e w g r ou p of a t h le t e s fo r t h e u p c o m i ng s e a s o n . " M a ny of t h e m a r e t a k i ng a f a l l t e n n i s cl a s s t h a t I ' ve b e e n t e a ch i ng ," G old e n s o n s a id . " We h ave a cl a s s a l s o i n t h e w i nt e r t h a t t h e y c a n t a ke. It 's a si x-we e k lo ng cl a s s t h a t m e e t s t wo h ou r s a d ay Mo n d ay t h r ou g h T hu r s d ay, a n d t h a t 's a g r e a t ju m p - s t a r t t o ge t t h e m b a ck i nt o t h e s w i ng of t h i ng s ."

T h i s ye a r 's t e a m h a s a lr e a d y m e t t oge t h e r o n Nov. 4, 2017, t h e d ay of t h e s ch o ol's Ho m e c o m i ng G a m e. S o m e of G old e n s o n's s t u d e nt s h eld a f u n d r a i s e r wh e r e t h e y s old c o n c e s sio n s . G old e n s o n wa s n ot a t t h e e ve nt , bu t d e s c r i b e d h ow t h e p r o c e s s of t h i s f u n d r a i s e r we nt d ow n . " T h e y got t oge t h e r a t t h e fo ot b a l l g a m e , a n d t h e y s old c o n c e s sio n s ," G old e n s o n s a id . " It wa s n' t a s u c c e s sf u l f u n d r a i s e r, bu t m o r e t h a n a ny t h i ng I t h i n k it wa s a s u c c e s sf u l t e a m b o n d i ng ex p e r ie n c e.

T h e y h a d a f u n t i m e , t h e y s aw wh a t it wa s l i ke t o wo r k t o ge t h e r, s o it wa s f u n ."

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Richard Goldenson, the Head Coach of Women's Tennis Team at Santa Monica College, poses for a portrait at the Ocean View Park Tennis Court in Santa Monica, Calif. on Friday, November 17, 2017.

c e s s of i nt eg r a t i ng t h e n e w pl aye r s w it h h a l f of t h e r e t u r n i ng pl aye r s , G old e n s o n s a id , " Te n n i s i s t e n n i s . O n c e you ge t o n t h e c ou r t a n d s t a r t pl ay i ng , you b e c o m e f r ie n d s q u ick ly a n d t h e n you pl ay t h o s e f i r s t fe w m a t ch e s , you r e a l ly t o ge t t o k n ow e a ch ot h e r i n t h o s e lo ng va n r id e s ."

Wit h t h e s e a s o n lo o m i ng i n Fe b r u a r y, G old e n s o n wou ld s e t a t h e m e t h a t wou ld b e n -

ef it t h e pl aye r s . " We wa nt t o s t a r t t h e s e a s o n a t o n e le vel , a n d we wa nt t o i m p r ove ," G old e n s o n s a id . " Fo r m e , it 's n ot e n ou g h i f we fe el l i ke t h e g r e a t e s t t e a m a n d we w i n e ve r y m a t ch , bu t a s i n d iv id u a l s a n d a s t e a m m a t e s , t h e y d o n' t i m p r ove. It 's a l l a b ou t i m p r ove m e nt , b e c o m i ng s t r o nge r pl aye r s , le a r n i ng m o r e a b ou t t h e m s elve s , a n d g a i n i ng s o m e t h i ng f r o m it ."

Three budding stars paint bright future for Lakers

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Led by budding stars Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram, and Lonzo Ball, the NBA's glamour franchise looks to regain its reign.

With the 27th pick in last year’s draft, the Los Angeles Lakers drafted a superstar - Kyle Kuzma. He is leading the team in scoring as a rookie and continues to show his fearless mentality. Ironically, not many expected him

to be this good.

Philadelphia uses the slogan, “Trust the process.” Here in L.A., Lakers fans must do the same and trust Magic Johnson, the Lakers President of Basketball Operations.

This year, the Lakers will miss the playoffs more likely than not, as ESPN projected them to finish with 33 wins.

It’ll be the team’s possible fifth consecutive losing season, but the future looks bright for a basketball team in L.A. and it's not the Clippers.

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This will be tough for Laker fans who are tired of losing and desperately want to regain their illustrious glory. One more losing season Laker fans, one more.

Lakers’ 20-year old sophomore, Brandon Ingram, continues to show his flashes of greatness. Although Laker fans expected him to take a bigger leap this year, he has shown that he will be a perennial All-Star in the near future.

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Lakers head coach Luke Walton sees something special in Ingram. Walton told Lakernation.com, "He definitely wants it, 100% he wants it. Some people you feel like they say they want it but in their eyes, you can tell they are saying it because they are supposed to say it.

Brandon, he truly wants those moments."

Not only will the up and coming 6-foot-9 Kuzma have Ingram by his side, but he’ll have a once in a generation type passer in rookie Lonzo Ball.

Again in today’s media-driven world, NBA fans are already bashing Ball and calling him a bust. The 20-year old UCLA product is averaging nine points, seven assists, and seven rebounds per game. He is averaging a near triple-double as a rookie.

Ball can pass and rebound well, but critics note that the rookie’s shot and form has been lacking. Because Ball is a newcomer, he has room to improve his shooting percentage as the season and his career progress.

According to a Hall of Fame point guard, "He has greatness written all over him," Johnson said.

In the past offseason, the Lakers worked to free up cap space for this upcoming summer, and now the team will have enough financial resources to sign two max contract players, likely to be superstars.

After this season's franchise players like Paul George, DeMarcus Cousins, and LeBron James all hitting free agency, many believe that the Lakers will hold meetings with all of them.

The future is bright for the Lake Show, stay patient L.A.

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