EL CAMINO COLLEGE
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MARCH 3, 2015
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Softball pummels Pasadena in 9-1 win Offense erupts in second inning as Warriors finish tied for first place in the South Coast Conference on Tuesday
Matthew Sandoval Staff Writer
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fter a scoreless first inning, the home team was not prepared to let the visitors leave this a close game. The visiting Pasadena City College scored first in the second. But this was El Camino’s house as the Warriors answered back in the bottom half of the second inning, scoring five runs and nearly batting through the entire lineup. Back-to-back doubles from freshmen Taylor Richter, rightfielder, and Kammy Fisher, first baseman, put the Warriors on the scoreboard. Freshman Raelani Camez, center fielder, capped off the inning with a two-run inside the park home run to give El Camino a 5-1 lead over the Lancers. El Camino softball (10-6) collected its fourth-straight win with a 9-1 victory in five innings over the Pasadena City College Lancers (8-7). Freshman pitcher Natalie Francis had herself another solid outing for the Warriors. Francis pitched a complete game, allowing only four hits and one run with three strikeouts, to earn her seventh win of the season. “I was super impressed with the way (Francis) fielded her position today,” Warriors head coach Jessica Rapoza said. “We’ve been working on that a lot in the last
few practices and it really paid off today.” Freshman Brigid Antonelli, catcher, Fisher, and Richter led the home team with two hits each in three at-bats. All three also contributed with at least one stolen base. “(Natalie) was on top of it today,” Antonelli said. “We had a good warm-up and came out ready to hit. We had a couple of errors, but we didn’t let them bother us.” Camez finished with only one hit in three at-bats, but made it count adding two RBIs. “I was really pumped after the (home run),” Camez said. “The team executed great and (Francis) was strong for us today.” El Camino finished the game with nine hits in 22 at-bats and two errors. The Lancers finished with four hits in 18 at-bats and five errors. “I think we’re starting to learn some things about the (team),” Rapoza said. “Having all new players it takes a while to find the identity and the personality of the team. But I think we are starting to settle in and we’re finding out who we are.” The Warriors are currently tied for first place in the South Coast Conference with Cerritos College (14-4 overall) and Mt. San Antonio College (12-2), all teams posing a 4-1 record. The team begins a five-game road trip beginning with a firstplace implicaions match at Mt. SAC on March 3 at 3 p.m.
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John Fordiani/ Union Outfielder Raelani Camez slides into home base after scoring a two-run inside the park homerun in the second inning against Pasadena City College. The Warriors defeated the Lancers 9-1 on Tuesday afternoon.
Excused absences may come easy for students The Athletics divison and Academic Senate hope to implement a process in which students will be excused from class without a penalty Roy Garza
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Students who are absent from class due to extra-curricular events will be filed under a unified form as early as fall 2016 with the implementation of a new Academic Senate item. The suggestion was brought forward by new Athletic Director, Colin Preston, at the Feb. 16 meeting. Preston has been in his new position since Jan. 21. It will formalize the attendance policy for students, who would sign a form along with teachers and a department administrator who acknowledges the student’s event in advance so that they may be excused from conflicting classes at the instructor’s discretion. The forms would be a way for students to inform instructors of possible schedule conflicts before they happen and Preston said he wants “everyone on the same page,” in these situations.
“We just want support,” Preston said. “If there’s an athlete who is going to the postseason, and it coincides with a class, we just want to make sure that we’re communicating that at the start of the semester.” The forms could be used by a number of different students and Academic Senate Co-President Chris Jeffries said the senate wants to expand it beyond athletics into extra-curricular clubs and groups as well. “Anybody who is participating in inter-collegial competition, or representing the college, would be able to use this attendance policy,” Jeffries said. Students on the forensics team, in theatre productions and those on the associated student body are some of the other examples Jeffries gave. Absences under the new instruction would only be excused if the teacher signs off, so they won’t fall under the policy where students are dropped from classes when they miss more than 10 per-
cent of the sessions. Instructors would be given the student’s event schedule prior to the event, and before the season for athletes, so that “if the instructor doesn’t let them make up the work because they had to leave, they can show them the proof,” Jeffries said. Jeffries said the forms will be come in threes, so that the student has a copy, along with the teacher and department administrator (or athletic director). Athletic specialist Carolyn Biedler talked about the current policy, and said that the forms would replace yellow ID cards that students show to indicate they’re a student-athlete. Preston prepared the policy to be instituted in the fall, and currently it’s being reviewed by the Academic Senate for their suggestions. The forms are an information item so it doesn’t require a vote, and “if everything looks good, then in the fall it’ll be instituted,” Jeffries said.
‘Rumors’ play fills Campus Theatre with lies and deception, P. 6
Alisa Banks/ Union Actress Angelina Rico and Actor Sammi Bronow in action during the “Rumors” play on Feb. 25. Those interested can still view the play on March 4 and 5 at 8 p.m. and March 6 at 3 p.m.