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Thousands in tools stolen from construction site

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Elena Perez / The Union Joseph Brazil gives a speech at Sladen Mohl’s memorial before Nathaniel Graves, Zach Findlay and Ty Conrad speak sentiments of their own. Mohl was the starting catcher for the Warriors in his first year and wore No. 18 this season.

Baseball team honors slain catcher 19-year-old killed by suspectedly-intoxicated driver Copy Editor @ECCUnionOmar

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aymond Graham thought back to when his grandmother died while talking about how his roommate Sladen Mohl had always been there for him.

It happened late March when he said he felt a mix of emotions, not knowing what to do or say. He wept and slept late that night. But Sladen stayed up with him.

“He was just the type of kid to uplift others,” Graham said.

“Sladen came in there. The whole night he was praying over me. He was holding me.”

Even before then, Graham remembers Mohl as being a focused, religious and driven student athlete in the middle of his first year at El Camino College.

For the 2019 baseball season, Mohl was also the Warriors’ starting catcher.

But that March night, he wanted to make sure Graham felt better and had company, Graham said.

Less than a month later on Thursday, April 18, Mohl’s family, Graham and the Warriors

baseball team lost Mohl to a suspected-DUI traffic collision at the intersection of Sepulveda and Hawthorne Boulevards, according to a Torrance Police Department (TPD) press release.

Mohl was waiting to cross the street when the driver ran a red light, drove onto a right-hand curb and hit Mohl, who was standing on a pedestrian island. The driver also crashed into two other vehicles.

Mohl sustained major injuries and Torrance Fire Department personnel attempted to treat him at the crash site. However, Mohl was pronounced dead on the scene, according to the press release.

Graham remembers feeling disbelief when he woke up to text messages and a phone call the next morning.

The Warriors baseball team got together Friday when head coach Nathan Fernley broke the news to his players. They had a morning meal, Graham included, and visited a vigil held in memory of Mohl at night.

“By night time, a lot of the guys had kinda gotten a lot of the tears out,” Fernley said. “Getting there at that spot was really just another time to be together, share some stories about him.”

Rosemary Montalvo / The Union Rosemary Montalvo / The Union The construction site of the new Administration Building A vigil was held in memory of Warriors starting catcher on April 20. The building is expected to be ready by the Sladen Mohl. Mohl’s glove was signed by teammates and end of this year. the hat he was wearing the night of the incident.

Fernley noted Mohl as being extremely athletic and a wellrounded player, he said. But on and off the field, he made people around him better, he said.

“He’s just one of the the kindest individuals you’d ever meet, good intentions,” Fernley said.

A far-reaching impact

Mohl is from Girdwood, Alaska and graduated from South Anchorage High School in 2017.

He attended Lewis-Clark State College, a four-year university in

Lewiston Idaho, but transferred to EC for his second year of college after hearing about the Warriors baseball program from a former Warriors catcher.

After seeing the campus, Mohl decided to attend EC right before the fall 2018 semester. Fernley told pitcher Zach Findlay to get in touch with Mohl since he lived closest to him.

Memorial continued on page 4. . .

Nipsey Hussle’s death causes concern in South LA

The Marathon continues as rising crimes rates worry residents, students Jun Ueda

Fernando Haro

Thousands have continued to gather on the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Slauson Avenue over the past weeks to pay their respects to rapper and activist Nipsey Hussle, 33, who was shot and killed on Sunday, March 31.

Among the masses of people in the Crenshaw district mall strip a man who goes by “Cowboy” said he was close with Hussle himself.

Cowboy said he was at the scene

when Hussle was shot and has been visiting the vigil every day since.

“Nip was all about peace,” Cowboy said. “For us to do anything other than peace, that would be going against what Nip would’ve wanted.”

Staff Writer @ECCUnionJun

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News

Opinions

El Camino College should have indoor dining for when the weather changes and student comfort.

A man was held at gunpoint by campus police after a student reported him having a gun.

See page 4.

Arts

Held at gunpoint

On-campus dining

The Marathon continued on page 4. . .

‘No set deadline’ as long as there is funding Kealoha Noguchi

Staff Writer @ECCUnionKealoha Students will be able to complete the Federal Work-Study (FWS) application to get a job on campus once it becomes available in the upcoming weeks, according to the El Camino College website.

FWS is a federally funded program that is awarded to eligible students through the Financial Aid Office at El Camino College. The FWS program allows students to have the opportunity to work on or off campus.

To become eligible, students must submit their FAFSA, be enrolled in six units, maintain a 2.0 GPA and complete at least 60 percent of attempted classes.

Crossword/Word Search

Warriors walk off

The concert “Extraordinary Tales in Music” follows the life of a young Edgar Allan Poe through music.

Spring is here along with the latest crosswords and puzzles created by the International Student Program.

In their first game since losing Sladen Mohl, the El Camino College Warriors battled the LA Harbor College Seahawks deep into the game.

See page 5.

See page 6.

Financial Aid Supervisor Luis Mancia said the FWS application for the 2019 to 2020 school year is currently not available but should be uploaded to the El Camino College website soon.

We’re working on it right now so it should be available in the next few weeks,” Mancia said.

Mancia said that as long as there are enough funds for the programs and jobs made available to students there is no set deadline to apply for FWS. Students are awarded a specific amount of money to work through FWS. Once they work enough hours to earn the amount of money they were allocated, they are no longer employed, Mancia said.

Mancia added that the amount of money awarded may increase depending on the program’s funding.

El Camino College’s federal work-study award count for the 2017 to 2018 academic year was 706, which totals more than $650,000, according to the California Community Colleges Chancellors Office Management Information Systems Data Mart.

Extraordinary tales

Features

Jun Ueda / The Union The Nipsey Hussle vigil in front of The Marathon Clothing on Wednesday, April 3. Hussle was shot and killed outside.

News Editor @ECCUnionHaro

Work-study application will be available soon

Sports

Omar Rashad

Thousands of dollars of tools were stolen from the construction site of the new Administration Building Monday, March 4, authorities said.

El Camino College police Sgt. Gary Robertson said the theft was very well-organized and professional as the burglars dressed up as construction workers.

“The vehicle they brought and their physical appearance looked like they belong there,” Robertson said. “It wasn’t like me and you

wandering in there off-duty, plain clothes, looking around like we’re lost, it was very well done.”

Roberston added he could not provide any more information as it is an ongoing investigation.

There have been several other incidents of people jumping the fence into the construction area or loitering including Tuesday, April 2, when a non-student jumped the fence into the construction site of the new Administration Building, according to the most recent police beat.

The new Administration Building is expected to be ready in December.

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EDITORIAL

2 EL CAMINO COLLEGE UNION

APRIL 25, 2019

CAMPUS VIEWPOINTS: KEEPING THE EARTH CLEAN ON EARTH DAY AND EVERYDAY Jaime Solis

Staff Reporter @ECCUnionJaime

Earth Day is on April 22, so The Union went around campus and asked students about their every day ways of serving the planet and keeping it green.

Jose Hernandez, 18, music major “I don’t really pay attention to conserving anything. I believe in conserving our resources but I’m more interested in repopulating our plant life.”

Illustration by Jose Tobar/The Union

More students should get involved with work-study Once a year FAFSA allows students to apply for jobs on campus as another way to pay off classes and books

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aying for college can be one of the most gut-wrenching things to do. At least two times a year, you sit there on your phone or at your computer looking at how much classes cost. And then you start thinking about what you’re going to cut back on to afford it all.

Fortunately, grants and loans exist to reduce the costs of college, but sometimes the final amount we have to end up paying can still be too much.

However, through the doors of El Camino’s Financial Aid Office awaits an opportunity for students to make college more affordable and it should be used to its fullest extent.

The Federal Work-Study Program (FWS) gives El Camino students the chance to be gainfully employed and pay for college dues when enrolled in six units or more.

The program is great for students because it’s free and provides an opportunity for college to be more affordable.

It doesn’t cost money to sign up for the program. The requirements are that students submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form to the Financial Aid Office and be qualified for financial aid.

Students are hired across the EC campus and their jobs vary. When a position is open, the departments and divisions themselves reach out to the Financial Aid Office to get their jobs posted. From there, students can choose which jobs they’re interested in and go through the interviewing process as with any other job.

In FWS, students work a particular job until they’ve earned a specific amount of money. That amount changes depending on circumstances such as the amount of funding available and how many students are in FWS. In some cases, students are given an increase in the amount of money they can earn and they continue to work their job.

As long as funding is available for FWS, students will be able to apply.

Since the 2013-2014 school year, the amount of money available to EC’s FWS

program has been rising.

During this past 2017 to 2018 school year, EC’s FWS program dispersed $694,863 among 706 students.

FWS is an easy opportunity right before our very eyes and it’s ripe for the taking. Taking advantage of it is important for a number of reasons.

Students will earn some extra money that can be put towards school to pay for cost of attendance. Even after that, there will still be some money to put away for a rainy day.

Financial security is incredibly valuable, and any steps that go towards that achievement should be taken.

This is also work experience that can be put on resumes, and with the ability to pick and choose which jobs you want with FWS, you can tailor your work towards something you think will be relevant for future employment.

The program is also important for the future of other students. By using the FWS program, it shows the college that students are committed to using the resources given to them.

If EC sees that the program is working and that students are using it, we can keep it afloat for incoming students who may need it more than we do. And in a perfect world, more opportunities for students to save on college would be created.

Paying for college can be a burden because of how expensive it is. But with free-to-apply programs like Federal Work-Study, it doesn’t have to be.

Tierra Jones, 20, general science major “One thing I already do is recycle.

Because I want to be a vet technician, I also like to take care of animals.”

Chris Diaz, 19, history major “I haven’t ever really thought about Earth Day. It’s basically another day to me.”

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We have a system that lets us water our lawn with laundry water that’s collected from the machine after the cycle. We also avoid plastic bottles and use our own reusable bottles.”

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OPINION

APRIL 25, 2019

EL CAMINO COLLEGE UNION 3

CAMPUS VIEWPOINTS: SHOULD COMIC BOOKS BE CONSIDERED LITERATURE ON CAMPUS? Jose Tobar Staff Writer @ECCUnionTobar Before there were superheroes on the big screen, they were first introduced through comic books. The Union asked students about their thoughts on comic books being literature.

Claudia Striepe, instruction librarian

“Actually, yes I do. It was found that it was very useful for, not only readers in general, but also for ESL students who had trouble reading the longer texts, [and] for all sorts of audiences.”

Rosemary Montalvo/ The Union Students sit outside of Cafe Camino to eat, study, and relax on Wednesday, April 24. Cafe Camino is one of the three restaurants on campus.

Indoor dining would offer comfortable seating

Mimicking West LA, Cerritos colleges’ food courts could provide shelter from rain, sun

John Chavez, 19, music major “I do think that they should be considered literature because they do have a lot of interesting lessons that they have to offer. For example, “The Avengers,” talk about the good and bad and touches on things like our higher powers. I would for sure take [comics literature class] if just to see what it’s like...”

Kealoha Noguchi Staff Writer @ECCUnionKealoha

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hroughout the day students are going from class to class. One of the most important things for them is to eat and sometimes grab something quick from a local dining place on campus.

However, each campus food option only an has outside dining area.

Cafe Camino, located west of the Humanities Building, has its dining option right outside with about seven tables.

The Campus Deli, north of the Art Gallery, has about seven tables to the right of the gates after exiting.

Common Grounds’ dining area is the largest space with about 15 booths and is outside the Student Activities Center.

All three of the major food options on campus only have outside dining.

There is nowhere on campus where students can get their lunch and eat in an inside area. Students cannot eat inside of classrooms and there is nowhere to eat inside of buildings.

Other community colleges like West Los Angeles and Cerritos College have indoor dining.

West L.A. has the WLAC Cafe and Pavilion where they have Cafe West, a dining option with indoor seating.

Cerritos College has an indoor food court with multiple options like The Bowl, Burdog, Culinary Arts Cafe and Subway.

Although buildings at El Camino College have seating throughout them, only a few have a table and seating arrangements. The buildings that have both tables and seating are limited.

An indoor dining area is one of the few things EC does not have.

If EC were to install an indoor food court to combine all three dining options and offer indoor seating, students would be thrilled with that.

Even if it is not an official food court but just an area inside to eat, students will have the same satisfaction. Students do not want to eat outside all the time

because of the weather changes.

During hot summer days, students are stuck eating lunch outside in one of the patio booths and some do not have an umbrella.

Another scenario where the weather may play a part is when its raining and there is nowhere dry to eat.

There are booths all over campus but not all have umbrellas attached to them so the rain could cause a major issue when deciding when and where to get lunch. Students may then turn to get food at an offsite campus location.

The addition of an inside dining area on campus could result in more business to all on-campus food options.

Students would not feel as obligated to go off campus to sit down and eat in an indoor environment.

One of the indoor dining areas could be next to the Student Activities Center.

EC could convert a piece of the large outside space near the Common Grounds cafe into an indoor dining area.

The only indoor space that could be used as a dining area is inside the Student Activities Center.

The Student Activities Center has about 10 tables inside that are usually occupied by students collaborating or doing school work.

A small piece of the Student Activities Center could also be transformed into a small dining area inside.

Starting new construction for indoor dining at EC could be avoided.

Once the construction that is already underway is completed and faculty/ administration can move into their new offices EC can use the dining rooms above the bookstore as indoor seating for students.

A traumatizing experience: Finding your house broken into A normal day at work turns into a disaster as student arrives home to mom’s empty jewelry box Alexia Mason, 18, biology major “Just growing up, like when I would want to pick a comic book my mother would never let me because she felt like they weren’t real books. I kind of grew up with that thought and I kind of still see it that way, but reading is reading.”

Oscar Macias

Staff Writer @ECCUnionOscar

Tom Hazel, health science and athletics professor “Yes, of course, they’re literature.

Comic books forever told stories about life, same thing as books. I think people are limited to the real scope of what comic books are... they’re based on fables and stories, folklore and everything else.”

It was a normal day in January.

I woke up at 7 a.m., drank my coffee and went to work. I got there, greeted my manager and started just another day.

At 2 p.m., my shift ended and it was finally time for me to go home. The usual traffic plagued the 405 freeway but I finally made it out as I arrived, parked my car, picked up my uniform, and headed for the front door of my house.

I turned my keys to open

the door but as I looked inside something was off. Walking in, I thought my parents had forgotten to close the kitchen cabinets.

That is when I began to notice things weren’t the same as when I had left.

The kitchen window was completely broken with shattered glass all over the floor and the blinds broken and bent.

As I began to walk through my house, my heart stopped.

I saw all my family’s clothes and belongings on the floor.

My mother’s jewelry box that my grandmother gave her was emptied.

Many of my belongings were missing—even my small silver cross from my baptism from when I was a baby.

I was overcome with pure discomfort.

Over the next few day I was flooded with thoughts like, “I shouldn’t leave my house, what if they come back,” or, “I should have been here, I shouldn’t have gone to work.”

My usual motto was to keep things to myself and not bother others. Due to this, I thought to myself that I shouldn’t say anything because I didn’t want to bother anyone. However, after this experience, I noticed that it is always better to open up to someone rather than keeping it inside, even if it’s just a friend.

At first, I tried to keep my fears inside, trying not to show that I was scared because I didn’t want to worry anyone. However, the more I kept those feelings inside, the more that it began to break me down.

The place you’re supposed to feel the safest from the world is no longer that due to a single break-in.

It wasn’t until my dad told me that it was OK to let it out and that it was normal to be afraid or scared, especially after something like this had happened.

It has been a full year since the break-in happened and I still feel the effects to this day.

Every time I’m going to open

my front door, my first thought was always, “Will I see glass shattered on the marble floor under the kitchen window again?”

“Will I see all my clothes, my games, and my belongings on the ground when I enter my room?”

These thoughts still come to me every day when I get home from school and work, however not as much as before.

One of the many things that have helped me calm my nerves was just talking to someone about what had happened, whether it be a friend, family member, or a therapist.

I talked to a friend of mine who had gone through the same experience as I had. However if I could change one thing from that time I would have talked to a therapist, even if it was for one or two sessions.

A fear that I started to have after the break-in was the fear of finding the window broken again, or the door would be broken into instead. I didn’t want to go to my own house because of this.

When I opened the door I was always in the moment. The second I turned the cold metal doorknob, I scanned the room to see if everything was in place, and I was intentional about it.

Little by little I began to see that nothing was going to change, and my fear of seeing my house broken into just disappeared. I was able to open the doors of my house the same way I used to.

Little by little I began to realize that while the break-in did happen, it couldn’t stop me from living my life. In the end, life doesn’t stop for anything.

I no longer really have a fear of leaving my house, however, the thought of someone breaking into my house still crosses my mind occasionally.

My family now has security cameras installed throughout the house and installed metal bars on all the windows. Taking these measures, has made it easier to sleep at night.

NEWS

4 EL CAMINO COLLEGE UNION

April 25, 2019

Police Beat Fernando Haro News Editor

Saturday, April 13, at 1:15 a.m.

A child playing on a car in Parking Lot L was transported to the HarborUCLA Medical Center after he fell and struck his head.

Saturday, April 13, at 3:25 p.m.

A non-student was told to leave campus after they were seen going through the trashcans by the PE South Building and then punching them.

Monday, April 15, at 10:55 p.m.

An injured, almost hairless coyote limped through a yard and into bushes near the Construction Technology Building.

Monday, April 15, at 2 p.m.

A visiting softball coach damaged his rental van in Parking Lot H after making a narrow turn and hitting a firehose cabinet.

Tuesday, April 16, at 10:05 a.m.

A woman in the Music Building refused medical attention after a person reported to campus police that she seemed to be about to faint.

Friday, April 19, at 10:15 a.m.

A process server was involved in an argument with a woman after he served her court documents.

Friday, April 19, at 7:50 p.m.

A driver crashed into a light pole outside the Receiving Facilities Building.

The two people inside the car exited the vehicle after the light pole fell onto the car, exposing live electrical wires.

Friday, April 19, at 9:30 a.m.

Campus police responded to an argument between a man and a woman by Murdock Stadium.

Saturday, April 20, at 7:30 a.m.

A man suspected of arson was arrested after running through traffic on Manhattan Beach Boulevard.

They were booked by the Torrance Police Department.

Front page illustrastrations: Devyn Smith: The Union Logo Roseymary Montalvo: Batter swinging at pitch Elena Perez: Nathaniel Graves at the podium.

Corrections The word “technology” was was misspelled on the March 28 issue.

The word “calendar” was misspelled in the Art Events Calendar The word “wander” was misspelled as “wonder.”

The word “bear” was misspelled as “bare.”

Staff Writer Kealoha Nogochi’s first name was misspelled in the front page illustrations credit.

The Union regrets these errors.

Jun Ueda / The Union Sladen Mohl’s baseball gear sits at the Warrior Field home plate during his memorial on Monday, April 22. Hundreds of people, including Mohl’s family from Alaska, showed up to the memorial in honor of Mohl who was killed in a suspected-DUI traffic collision in Torrance Thursday, April 18.

Memorial continued. . .

“Sladen was probably my best friend on the whole team,” Findlay said. “I talked to him probably more than anyone on the whole team.”

Findlay giving Mohl a ride to his first 6 a.m. weight training practice was the beginning of a close friendship, Findlay said.

“We always had good conversations in my car about baseball and just political beliefs and just random things,” Findlay said. “I’ve just been feeling like— why? Why him? Why did this happen to him? It didn’t make sense.”

Ever since they met last August, Findlay and Mohl would spend an upwards of 40 hours a week together, especially during the fall with Monday through Thursday preseason practices.

A Monday memorial

Whenever Mohl walked up to bat during a game, a smile spread across his face. He was grinning not just because he loved baseball—more than anyone else his teammates had ever met.

It was because he chose to walk up to home plate with George Michael’s Careless Whisper playing in the background.

“He would always walk up to the batter’s box laughing or

trying to hold it back with his classic smirk on his face,” first baseman Nathaniel Draves said at the podium. “Even though we only knew him for almost a year, he’s definitely a part of our hearts forever.”

At a memorial in honor of Mohl, Draves brought Mohl’s hearty grin to the faces of family, baseball teammates and the El Camino community in attendance during what was an otherwise solemn evening on Monday, April 22.

“I think I can speak for everyone that the second we met [Sladen], we felt that we had known him for a long time,” Draves said at the podium. “Just walking away from the first conversation I had with him, I was like, ‘Wow, what a cool and awesome guy.’”

Friends, family and teammates took turns sharing memories and sentiments about Mohl at a podium next to one portrait of him as a toddler and another of him in adolescence.

“He’s a special kid,” Fernley said. “To see the community turn out like they did, I think it was great for our players and for him to know that he is loved.”

Mohl’s family flew in from Alaska to attend the memorial. He is survived by four siblings, his mother, and father.

The Mohl family declined to speak with any press at the memorial.

“I really hope the memorial helps [the Mohl family] settle a little with the thought of his loss,” outfielder Ty Conrad said. “Just having them here at the field and our team showing our support for them and how much we loved Sladen, I think they really appreciated that.”

Conrad was also Mohl’s roommate and recounted bonding with him over binge-watching “The Bachelor” and having long conversations in his car, he said.

“I thought the memorial was great. I thought we praised Sladen as he should be,” Conrad said. “We look at everything on the bright side and I think after this we’ll remember everything good about Sladen.”

An integral part of the team

When Mohl stepped onto the field during the season, Findlay said he came through in clutch situations whether at bat or behind the home plate. Since Mohl caught Findlay’s pitches, the two got to work with each other to figure how to pitch better games.

“The movements I remember the most was when he’d catch me,” Findlay said. “I remember coming in and I would pitch to him and I would get out of the inning with no problem, no runs, no hits.”

Looking back, Findlay said he cherishes the times he got to finish games by throwing to Mohl.

He said he never thought about it much before but ever since last Thursday, those moments have become more special to him.

“He’s someone I would’ve been friends with for another 30, another 40 years, for the rest of my life,” Findlay added. “Unfortunately, it was cut way too short.”

Also a pitcher on the Warriors baseball team, Joseph Brazil remembers how Mohl’s work ethic was different than anyone else, he said. He recalls seeing Mohl stay back after practice, swinging at the batting cages.

“That’s just how he was because he was so dedicated to this game and he just wanted to win,” Brazil said.

When Brazil and Mohl first met, they connected with their shared interest in fishing. Brazil said Mohl was a big fisher coming from Alaska and the two had talked about one day going fishing together.

“We just got really busy and it never really happened,” Brazil said. “He lives pretty far from me but now I just really regret not getting the chance to do that with him.”

A mourning mother

Mohl’s mother, Kelly Holter, landed in Los Angeles the morning of Saturday, April 21, and got the

chance to see her son’s apartment, where he played baseball, inside his locker, the vigil held in memory of him and the Torrance intersection where he passed away, Fernley said.

“Sladen’s mom came from out of town today and was able to see her son was loved,” Fernley said.

“Today was a day we could just heal a bit.”

When Holter picked up her son’s belongings from his apartment, Graham noted how distraught he felt.

“No mother should see their son passing away like that,” Graham said. “She was so hurt because she knows her son was a great young man and he’s just out here in California trying to make a way for himself and his family and go to school.”

Graham, who is on the EC football team, is recovering from an injury and recounted crying during a physical rehab session.

The facility he attends is near the Torrance intersection Mohl died.

“I was up all last night because I couldn’t sleep,” Graham said.

“Him smiling at me has been in my head. I know he’s happy, I know he’s in a better place.”

A Gofundme page was started for the Mohl family.: https://www. gof u nd me. c om /sla d en-moh lmemorial-fund

Non-student held at gunpoint by campus police

Student reports seeing man with gun around South Gym locker rooms Fernando Haro

News Editor @ECCUnionHaro

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ampus police held a male non-student at gunpoint near the South Gym after a female student reported seeing a gun on him Monday,

April 1, authorities said.

El Camino College police Sgt. Gary Robertson said a female student was passing through the South Gym when the non-student made threats that he may hurt someone or himself.

“He seemed like he might have been suffering some sort of mental

distress, something like that,” Robertson said.

Roberston said police found the non-student wandering outside the South Gym, evaluating and searched him for weapons.

No weapons were found and he was transported to a local facility for treatment and evaluation,

Robertson said.

Despite there being no weapon found, Robertson said this was considered a “priority one call,” in which police was able to locate the non-student within 90 seconds of receiving the call.

In an emergency, dial 9-1-1 or 310-660-3100 from a cell phone, or use a blue emergency pole to contact police.

Text “ECCPD” to 888-777 to recieve Nixle alerts from the El Camino College Police Department.

The Marathon continued . . .

Hussle, born Ermias Asghedom, was a rapper and a member of the Rollin 60’s Crips, but to his community, he was someone who achieved fame and money without leaving his people behind.

“He helped out a lot of people in the community, less fortunate people,”Cowboy said. “He was hope to us, he was hope to a lot of people.”

Hussle was shot and killed outside his store The Marathon Clothing last Sunday by Eric Holder, a gang member and aspiring rapper, as a result of personal dispute, not gang-violence, according to the Los Angeles Times. Every day since his murder, the South Los Angeles or South-Central community put on a candlelight vigil outside the store in Hussle’s memory.

Gun violence in Los Angeles

The week Hussle died, there were a total of 26 shootings in Los Angeles, noted by the LA Times as

a surge in light of low crime rates compared to recent years.

In 2018, 417 people were killed by gunfire in LA, according to the Los Angeles Times. In 2019, there have already been 94 shooting deaths, including Hussle’s.

Due to the rise in violence, El Camino College student and SouthCentral resident Alyssa O’Neill said there has been an increasing worry within the community.

“Ever since he [Hussle] got shot there’s been a lot of police in the area,” O’Neill said. “I don’t think a lot of people from South-Central are comfortable.”

O’Neill said she usually commutes to campus via public transportation, taking Metro bus lines. She uses the 108 and 710, the latter having a bus stop on Crenshaw Boulevard and Slauson Avenue where Hussle was shot.

O’Neill said she now takes an Uber to school but emphasized

Jun Ueda / The Union The Nipsey Hussle mural created by Bobby Z. Rodriguez sits behind The Marathon Clothhing. Rodriguez says Hussle deserved a mural long ago for his community work. that shootings like these create misconceptions of South-Central.

“South-Central is so much more than gangs and shootings,” O’Neill said.

Bobby Z. Rodriguez, an LA resident, spray painted a mural of Hussle in the alleyway next to the plaza on Wednesday, April 3.

Funeral service

Hussle’s “Celebration of Life” funeral service was hosted at the Staples Center Thursday, April 11.

EC computer science major and Isaiah Robinson said he attended the service because of the importance Hussle had in his life.

“I grew in the neighborhood and I was a friend of his to see him

die, it hurts,” Robinson said.

But Hussle’s influence was not limited to the South LA area as San Bernardino resident Aaron Bingham also visited the funeral service.

“I’m here supporting, to be here for cuz Nipsey,” Bingham said.

“Motivate everyone to do better in life, he taught me how to grind.”

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Concert Band to perform in May A local composer’s original music will be featured in show Anna Podshivalova

Rosemary Montalvo / The Union Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra with Gui Yazhi will only feature instrumental music composed by Chan. For the concert he composed for May, he was inspired by his trip to Cuba, an EC music instructor, a composer, a conductor, and pianist Alan Chan said on April 22.

Award-winning composer takes global inspiration The Union spoke with Alan Chan of the Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra in preperation for their concert in May Melanie Chacon

Staff Writer @ECCUnionMelanie Sitting down at the piano in his classroom in the Music Building, Alan Chan gets comfortable on the bench as his fingers hover above the keys.

He slowly leads in to a tune called “Seascape” by big band composer Johnny Mandel.

Alan Chan is an award winning composer and conductor of the Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra, a big band, 17-piece set up reminiscent of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Count Basie.

Chan is also an adjunct instructor at EC where he is the director and instructor of the EC Concert Jazz Band and is in charge of the Applied Jazz Program.

The Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra is bringing their performance to Marsee Auditorium on Friday, May 10, where Chan says the audience can expect to hear music from many different influences.

“This particular project called ‘Camel Walk’ is another venture where I’m trying to see what I can do with

soloists,” Chan said.

For this upcoming performance, Chan has collaborated with one of the finest Chinese wind players, musician Yazhi Guo.

Yazhi Guo

Guo plays the the traditional Chinese instrument the Suona, a double-reeded horn.

“Yazhi is a very special person,” Chan said. “Mr. Guo decided that the next thing in his life after playing in the [Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra] is playing jazz.”

Guo, who is originally from China came to the U.S. in 2013 to study at the Berklee College of Music in Sherman Oaks, California where he received his Artistic Diploma in 2015.

Guo and Chan were introduced to each other by colleague and composer William Kraft. Since then, the two hit it off and decided to collaborate on different projects together.

“Camel Walk” came about as Guo and Chan were discussing a theme and story for their collaboration.

The Suona

Chan took Spanish 2 last fall and one of his assignments was a cultural presentation project. It was through

his research that he learned about ‘la corneta China’ or ‘the Chinese cornet’.

Furthermore, Chan learned that the Chinese Indentured Workers who were contracted in Cuba during the 1850’s introduced the suona to Cuba.

Chan realized that the instrument in which Yazhi plays, the suona, is actually used in Cuba’s carnival.

Particularly in Santiago, Cuba.

“I had never thought about there being Chinese in Cuba, and [the Chinese] have contributed to [the Cuban] culture as well,” Chan said.

This got Chan excited and he wanted to know more. He traveled to Cuba in January of 2018 to study the suona, or ‘la corneta China’ as they call it on the island.

“It was just really beautiful to see that none of the faces you would think,” Chan said. “Not Chinese, this is Creoles and Blacks, they play this in their neighborhoods to celebrate every year at the carnival.”

Camel Walk

Because Guo and Chan used western, eastern and other cultures as influences for this performance, they wanted to create a narrative that represented their inspiration and instrumental diversity.

“This project has become a fantasy of multiculturalism,” Chan said.

Not only does the Silk Road and the camel reference the direct origin of some of their influences, but the camel walk is also a dance move performed

by James Brown.

This is where Chan got the idea to bring soul music and the suona into the big band jazz orchestra.

Inspiration

Chan was fond of the bluesy, soulful notes, funky edge and improvisation of jazz, so he used to frequent the Jazz Club, formerly in Hong Kong.

Growing up in Hong Kong, Chan did not have access to a lot of jazz music. He found inspiration in what he watched on T.V. and YouTube.

He would visit his local library and rent movies and shows featuring jazz music and musicians. It was then that he discovered James Brown.

“He was amazing,” Chan said.

“Really energetic, and his band had this grove, really repetitive but really soulful.”

Chan eventually came to the U.S. and studied classical composition. He began to write music and eventually decided to focus on big band jazz.

What to Expect

The first part of the performance will feature three of Chan’s recent compositions, one of which was a commission piece for the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra of Los Angeles.

“I will be on the piano at this performance,” Chan said. “It’s a little bit of a challenge because I always conduct.”

This is the first complete version of the concert that has ever been performed.

“It’s a little bit of a musical journey,” Chan said. “You’re going to see about 18 people on stage performing big band jazz, but also something unexpected even if you see them as a big band, you’re going to hear a lot of music from all different influences.”

“It’s kind of like a potpourri of many different types of music that everybody can enjoy,” Chan said.

The Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra w/ Guo Yazhi will be performing on Friday, May 10 at the Marsee Auditorium at 8 p.m.

Tickets are available online at The El Camino College Center for the Arts, or at the box office directly.

Staff Writer @ECCUnionAnna The El Camino College Concert Band and Peninsula Symphonic Winds will present the program “Masterpieces Then and Now” on May 18 at 8 p.m. at the Marsee Auditorium.

The ECC Concert Band’s Director, Dane Teter, noted that El Camino College always hosts a concert with the band this time of year.

“We always have a concert in the spring time, but this year we are also joined by the Peninsula Symphonic Winds,” Teter said. “This group is a community band that meets at Harbor College.”

The Peninsula Symphonic Winds is directed by Berkeley Price, El Camino Dean of the Fine Arts.

The program will include the two bands playing separately, as well as together in a joint performance.

“Each group will play several selections by themselves. Then we will combine in one big group of about 110 people,” Teter said. “We have a variety of different things planned.”

The performance will feature a local composer Rossano Galante who will conduct the combined bands for two of his own works, A Childhood Remembered and God’s Country, according to the program description.

“It will be an art themed sort of masterpiece. Several works that we are doing are wellknown pieces that go back 3040 years,” Teter said. “And we also have some modern stuff such as Rossano Galante’s pieces.”

Although the concert will be held on El Camino campus, the event is open for public, according to the program description.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online at El Camino Center for the Arts website or at the ticket office on campus.

The life of Edgar Allan Poe to be portrayed in music performance Anna Podshivalova

Staff Writer @ECCUnionAnna The concert “Extraordinary Tales in Music” featuring original music by composer William E. Doyle will take place at 8 p.m., May 17, at El Camino College’s Marsee Auditorium.

The story follows the life of a young Edgar Allan Poe through a musical journey after he leaves the University of Virginia due to a lifestyle of drinking and gambling. And on his journey he ends up in Ireland where he meets his love, Lenore, according to the Resident Artist Series flyer dedicated to the event.

“I think it is going to be very exciting, I do not want to say that it is something that hasn’t been done before but it’s about how different the orchestra is now doing stuff–it is a multimedia,” Doyle said. “It is a concertopera, while the music is taking place–we have a big screen in the background where we will be showing a video that will add to the mood of what is going on.”

Doyle believes the concert will be a new experience for the audience and described the event

as “Halloween in May.” “‘Extraordinary Tales’ is a collection of great stories–great poems that people wrote,” Doyle said. “But it is not just a story, it is how we portray the music, how we tell this story with the music.”

William Doyle wrote all the musical compositions for “Extraordinary Tales in Music”.

He was inspired to write the music because he loves stories by Edgar Allan Poe and thinks that Poe is a captivating writer.

“I think when you have a very dramatic story, as a composer, you can almost begin to hear what the music should be to fit a story,” Doyle said.

Everyone is welcome to attend the event and tickets will be $21 for the general public and $10 with a student discount, Rick Christophersen, director of the Center For The Arts said.

Anthony Moreno, baritone vocalist said that classical music can be contemporarily enjoyed and not just appreciated.

“These are new works by a living composer,” Moreno said.

“You should come and hear the sounds of local artists because they immediately reflect the vast community it represents.”

Anna Podshivalova / The Union EC music professor and composer William Doyle and baritone vocalist Anthony Moreno discuss the music program for the “Extraordinary Tales in Music” concert at EC’s Marsee Auditorium. His love for Edgar Allan Poe inspired him to compose all of the music for the concert, Doyle said on April 23.

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Elena Perez / The Union Jenebrith Pastran, 21, art history major, arranges succulents for sale at Earth Day Extravaganza Monday, April 22.

Elena Perez / The Union Chinua Taylor-Pearce, 19, economics major, ASO director of finance and Christine Summers, 19, linguists major, Inter-Club Council president, push Wiley Wilson, 21, sociology major, inside a human-size plastic ball at Earth Day Extravaganza Monday, April 22.

Saving the earth one step at a time Earth Day Extravaganza celebrated by the sustainability committee of the ASO and the environmental and horticulture club Elena Perez

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he prizes for answering three questions correctly were either an Earth Day cookie or sustainable utensils tote.

Students could have bought plants or succulents to help with fund raising for the Environmental and Horticultural

Club on the El Camino College Library Lawn Monday, April 22.

“The point of [the] game is to learn and to be more informed and to learn about the history of earth day and things that pertain to earth day,” Director of External Affairs for Associated Student Organization (ASO), Andrew Leon, 24, political science and Spanish major, said.

There were different activities set up

by ASO such as live music, games, a

human sized ball, recycling organization, and Q & A for giveaways.

Sean Min, 21, architecture major, helped organize the Earth Day Extravaganza and the ASO booth.

“Earth Day Extravaganza was organized to advocate Earth Day and to create sustainable practices,” Min said.

“We have giveaway products that are recyclable and compostable.”

The Environmental and Horticulture Club sponsored a booth with plants

Need a break before finals month? Try these spring puzzles made by International Students Baseball, Flowers, egg hunts, and spring festivals are a few events celebrated during April and May. Use these puzzles to test your skills and see how long it takes you to complete these puzzles created by the International Students Program. Record the time it takes to complete and feel free to share your results on social media.

The answers, along with the puzzles can also be found on eccunion.com.

for sale to raise funds for the club’s organized activities.

“We are fund raising for activities such as micro plastic in the environment,” Jennifer Lopez, 23, biochemistry major, said. “The research will take place in Cuba.”

Elena Perez / The Union Chip, 6 months old, ASO mascot, plays at To view more photos taken of this event, you can visit us at eccunion.com Earth Day Extravaganza Monday, April for a slideshow.

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EL CAMINO COLLEGE UNION 7

‘This one was for Sladen’ Down 1-0, Warriors cap emotional comeback with walkoff homerun

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n their first game since starting catcher Sladen Mohl was killed in a traffic collision, the El Camino Warriors pushed past the LA Harbor Seahawks in a ninth-inning comeback Tuesday, April 23.

During the fourth inning, an Isaiah Bumgarner single into center field sent Eric Alamillo to home plate, giving LA Harbor the 1-0 lead.

Heading late into the game, the El Camino Warriors still trailed the LA Harbor Seahawks.

But in the bottom of the eighth inning, Warriors utility player Logan Young set the foundation for a comeback. With two balls, two strikes and no outs, Young drilled a double into left-center field.

“Going into the box, I was just trying to hit something, get on base any way I could,” Young said. “And when [the double] happened, I couldn’t help but look up and thank [Sladen]. It was all for him.”

A pitching change was made by LA Harbor immediately following, but by that point, the Warriors had already started to take control of the game.

Seahawks pitcher Jake McKenna walked Warriors first basemen Spencer Palmer. With Young already at second base, Warriors outfielder Joseph Borges hit a straight shot into center field.

The ball was caught for the first out of the inning, but its hang time was long enough for Young to advance to third base.

Warriors infielder and righthanded pitcher Spencer Long came up to bat and sent another shot into center field. What looked like a routine out ended up being anything but.

The ball popped in and out of the center fielder’s glove and Young was able to reach home and tie the game 1-1.

In the top of the ninth inning, Warriors right-handed pitcher Aaron Orozco gave up a single to Seahawks infielder Ruben Markham. Taking a generous lead off first base, Markham was checked by Orozco twice.

The Warriors completed a double play on Seahawks outfielder

Elena Perez / The Union El Camino Warriors utility player Logan Young reaches home plate and ties the score versus LA Harbor in the bottom of the eighth inning at Warrior Field Tuesday, April 23. Warriors right-handed pitcher Spencer Palmer hit the ball into center field to give Young enough time to run home.

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Jacob Northup’s at-bat, and a pop up into right field from pitcher Drake Pingle helped the Warriors end the inning and hold the score at 1-1.

In the bottom of the ninth inning and with one out, Warriors infielder Taishi Nakawake stepped up to the plate looking for any kind of hit.

“Just get on base,” Nakawake said of his mindset going in. “Get it to the next guy.”

There would never be a next guy.

Nakawake’s bat crunched the ball, sending it into left field.

The ball flew high, and only after it sailed past the outfield wall was it officially confirmed to those in attendance: Nakawake homered

deep into left field and won the game for the Warriors. The final score was 2-1.

“It’s crazy. It’s a blessing,” Young said about Nakawake’s walk-off game winner. “Words can’t even explain, honestly. We know [Sladen’s] here.”

Warriors assistant coach Grant Palmer described the mentality the Warriors kept heading deep into the game with the score knotted at one.

“We just kept plugging and doing what we do, and we knew the time would come eventually,” Palmer said. “Did I think Taishi would hit a home run in the ninth? No. But it happened, and we’re pretty pumped.”

Rosemary Montalvo / The Union Sladen Mohl’s siblings (left to right, right side of frame) Maike and Damian walk on the field to throw out the first pitch before the Warriors’ game versus LA Harbor on Tuesday, April 23. Mohl’s parents and two other siblings were also in attendance.

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“We all knew what we were playing for. We didn’t have to say it,” said Young. “We treat each other like family as is, but now we have a bond that can’t be broken.”

Just the day before on Monday, April 22, a memorial in Mohl’s honor took place at Warrior Field.

“It’s been a really emotional week,” Palmer said. “Having a game like this, to come from behind in such crazy fashion, I think it’s only fitting from what happened.”

The Warriors improved their regular season record to 30-6 and are now on a four-game winning streak.

Warriors catcher Brendon Casillas said the win was huge and felt as if Sladen was with the team.

“This one was for Sladen,” Nakawake said. “That’s it. Nothing else. Nothing more.”

Mohl’s family was in attendance but declined to speak with any press at the game.

The last two games of the Warriors’ regular season are against LA Harbor as well and Orozco was confident in the abilities of the Warriors in those rematches.

“We’re all going to be bulldogs,” Orozco said. “I’m telling you right now: We are not going to lose, not one game, to them.”

The next Warriors baseball matchup is against the LA Harbor Seahawks Thursday, April 25 at 2:30 p.m.

For more photos of the game, go online to eccunion.com.

Rosemary Montalvo / The Union Warriors right-handed pitcher Aaron Orozco winds up against LA Harbor on Tuesday, April 23, at Warrior Field. He allowed one run and struck out eight batters.

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Warriors host diving championships Two El Camino divers qualify to compete at state championships, another to serve as alternate

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These were the sounds that prevailed during the South Coast Conference Diving Championships (SCCDC) held at the EC Pool on Friday, April 12, and Saturday, April 13.

Warriors swimmers Ryan Steck and Athena Katsouridis both finished events in top eight spots. By finishing in top eight spots, Steck and Katsouridis will now compete at the California Community College Athletic Association State Championships (CCCAASC) beginning on Friday, May 3, and concluding on Sunday, May 5, at De Anza College “I’m surprised. I worked really hard for the past two years, and I didn’t think I’d ever make it this far,” Steck said. “And going to state [championships] is a big deal. I’m excited man, it’s wild.”

Warriors teammates present in the crowd voiced their support and encouragement as Steck stepped up to the springboard.

“Let’s go Ryan, I love you!”

Steck’s teammates shouted with applause and whistles.

By the end of the SCCDC, Steck had earned the seventh spot in both the one-meter and threemeter diving events. Aaron James Augustine of Rio Hondo College finished first in both events.

“I did decent,” Augustine said. “I didn’t think I did my best though, but overall I think I did okay.”

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CCCAASC. “Honestly, I may have messed up one [dive] but I did pretty well overall. It’s more of a points game kind of thing,” Trejo said. “But aside from that, just having fun is the main focus here.”

Warriors swim and dive coach Corey Stanbury was working as the meet manager during the SCCDC. He was proud of how his Warriors fought and is looking forward to seeing them perform in May. “I thought they did great. We’ve got two divers going to the state championships,” Stanbury said.

“One missed by such a small margin, but for a guy that’s never dove before, it’s pretty amazing.

I’m pretty happy with the way they dove.”

For more pictures of the Soutch Coast Conference Diving Championships, go to the story on eccunion.com

her doctor to represent El Camino in the three-meter diving event and catapulted into a second place finish just behind Maya Fielding of San Diego Mesa College.

“I’d just dislocated my shoulder so I’d been out for the last two months,” Katsouridis said. “Kinda nervous, but I did it, and I finished the meet, so that’s all I could ask for.”

For the one meter dive, Katsouridis again finished in second place. This time she finished behind Nicole Hall of L.A. Valley College.

“I got first, so I think it [turned out] pretty good. I was stressed and nervous going into it, but I feel like we pulled it off,” Hall said.

Warriors diver Tyler Trejo performed well but fell a few points short of the top eight. For his efforts, he will serve as a second

THE ROAD AHEAD

El Camino College’s swim & dive team travels to De Anza College to compete in the California Community College Athletic Association State Championships taking place from Friday, May 3, to Sunday, May 5.

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he South Gym at El Camino College bumped with loud house music as players from El Camino College and Santa Barbara City College warmed up for a men’s volleyball match on Wednesday, April 3.

“This is going to be a tough match,” Blount said. “I’d like to beat them, but I don’t think it’s going to be a gimme.”

During the Warriors’ previous match versus Santa Barbara on Friday, March 8, EC was down 1-2 by game three, but managed to rally and win with a final score of 3-2 by game five.

“We’re both battling for playoff spots,” Blount said. “We’re second or third in state right now so every game matters.”

Game one started with both teams trying to set the tone. Santa Barbara was leading the score, but EC trailed close behind.

When Santa Barbara reached game point, the score was 24-19.

The Warriors fought back with 6 straight points, finishing game one with a win and a final score of 2628.

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battle was pivotal for the rest of the match. Warriors setter Joseph Sico blocked multiple opposing hits.

“We came out kind of flat in the beginning, but as the game picked up, we were able to pick up the intensity and bounce back,” Sico said.

The following two games ended in Warriors wins at 25-21 and 2517 each. The final score on the day was 3-0.

Santa Barbara City College coach Jon Newton was not satisfied with the results of the match, but enjoyed a good battle against EC. “We went to five [games] with them last time and El Camino is a very good team that plays good steady volleyball, so we expected a battle,” Newton said. “They kept the game alive and kept the pressure on us.”

Warriors players were thrilled to have won, feeling a boost of confidence for the rest of the season.

“I knew last week was a fluke.

We weren’t 100%,” Sico said.

“This week we came out hungry and firing on all cylinders.”

More recent, the men’s volleyball team advanced to the semifinals of the California Community College Athletic Association State Championship and will play Long Beach City College Thursday, April 25 at Fullerton College.

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