Vol. 74, Issue No. 2 Oct. 18, 2018 by El Camino College The Union

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Recycling bins added to campus during spring semester

Cardboard boxes added by Associated Student Organization for $10 each, authorities say Alexa Kinoshita Staff Writer

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Several recycling bins, located at the Student Service Center and the Industry and Technology building, were placed on site during the spring semester at El Camino. The cardboard bins, costing no more than $10, were purchased by the Associated Student Organization (ASO), student director of Student Services, Sean Min, said. “Recycling has been a pretty large issue. This has been an issue on El Camino for years,” he said. “There’s never been recycling.” The bins were placed in these areas, but students were not aware of their placement. “I don’t think people notice them, so it doesn’t really matter,” radiologic technology major, Genesis Raco, said. Despite sitting so close to them, nursing major, Kayla Hunt, did not notice the bins either. “I’ve actually never seen it,” Hunt said. ASO’s attempt for more recycling bins and new ways to foster environmental change on campus have been introduced at sustainability meetings and promoted to the Inter-Club Council

(ICC). They have been trying to find ways to encourage clubs to advocate recycling in their own methods, like decorating recycling bins, Min said. With ASO’s Sustainability Committee pushing for more ways to implement recycling and sustainability, Facilities has also been working to find procedures that raise public awareness. “They do have a plan. It’s not definite, but they do have the motive right now,” Min said. The waste and diversion program that Facilities oversees, uses a system in which the trash on campus is sorted through to ensure that the recyclables goes to its proper place. “All of our trash. 100 percent of our tash that you put in a bin either outside or inside of an office, goes to a facility where it’s hand sorted and all of it is recycled at this point,” vice president of Student Services, Brian Fahnestock, said. The trash that people throw away on campus is taken to an offsite location where glass, plastic, aluminum, and compost are separated. “More than 80% of all the trash that goes in the trash cans on our campus is recycled,” Fahnestock

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The El Camino Forensics team is looking to gain momentum following superior performances at recent debate tournaments over the past few weeks, the director of the program said. The El Camino Forensics team currently holds the title of defending national champions following last season’s top placement at the two-year and four-year college competition levels. With the start of the new season, the forensics team performed at a high caliber over the past few weeks, enough for El Camino to take four spots in the top thirty rankings of the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence (NPTE). “This could be our best year ever, which is big to say because we’ve had some amazing years,” Francesca Bishop, director of the program said. “We’re the defending two-time national champions. I think there’s a good chance we could win three national (championships) because I think we can win NPTE also.”

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ASO’s recycling bin in the Student Service Center. said. The waste diversion program at El Camino is very successful, but because people don’t see

the recycling containers, their assumption is that recycling is not being done. “We want to see students care. It’s

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really our time to show that we are thinking sustainably and wanting to live in a cleaner environment, ultimately,” Min said.

Assistant Director of department ‘optimistic’ about beating teams previous personal record The NPTE, which ranks 177 twoyear and four-year schools’ forensic teams across America, shows El Camino teams ranked 8th, 14th, 15th and 29th in the nation. With each ranking consisting of a pair of debate students, El Camino will have at least three chances to win the NPTE’s annual invitational tournament this upcoming spring, Bishop said. Such optimism follows El Camino Forensics’ performances at the Mills Invitational, which took place on Oct. 5, and the Aztec Invitational, which occurred on Oct. 6 and 7. El Camino Forensics came away with wins in multiple categories at the Mills Invitational including extemporaneous speaking, impromptu speaking, and persuasive speech. “We had a wide range of students do very, very awesome things at the tournament,” said Assistant Director of Forensics, Joseph Evans. “It wasn’t just we were good at debate or we were good at speaking, we kind of cleaned up all of those things at the Mills Invitational.” At the Aztecs Invitational, El Camino again placed in

Student robbed in Lot L after nearly crashing, police say Staff Writer

EC Forensics eyeing NPTE annual invitational following ‘mind-boggling’ season start Omar Rashad

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multiple categories as the team’s performance had been impressive and surprising, Evans said. With more tournaments ahead, El Camino Forensics is looking to beat the record they set two years ago as they placed 8th overall at the NPTE annual invitational tournament in 2016. “I anticipate that hopefully we’ll beat our record that we set two years ago, I’m very optimistic about that,” Evans said. The El Camino Forensics team is “one of the most talented and most motivated classes that I have seen since I’ve been here at El Camino,” Evans said. “It’s kind of mind-boggling.” Sophomore Zachary Johnson won in multiple categories at the Mills Invitational and has “already got four-year schools trying to recruit him,” Bishop said. Johnson, who is currently ranked 29th in the nation along with his partner Connor Eades, attributed his tournament performance to his team’s coaches and “the fact that they’re able to take these students and tap their potential to the degree that they do,” Johnson said. “You have very dedicated coaches who have been doing this forever.”

No new information on recent robbery in Lot K, authorities say Esteban Mendez Staff Writer

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Omar Rashad/ Union El Camino Forensics took home multiple first place trophies after competing at the Mills Invitational tournament at Palomar Community College on Oct. 5. Ranked 15th in the nation along with her partner, Mina Deshler, Raquel Tahvildari is also the CoPresident of El Camino’s Speech and Debate club. With a large academic workload and a part-time job, it comes down to “trying to set aside those extra hours during the week to push myself to do more practices,” Tahvildari said. “I always know that there’s always areas I need to improve in

and learn,” Tahvildari added. “It’s kind of a confidence boost but at the same time I’m keeping very humble knowing that there are many who are better.” With more tournaments coming up within the next month, the El Camino Forensics team is anticipated to “do very well, if not better than we’ve been doing,” Evans said.

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An El Camino College student was robbed in Parking Lot L on Wednesday, Oct. 10. “There was a camera that got somewhat of a fairly good picture of the suspect’s automobile,” EC Chief of Police Michael Trevis said. “It’s either a newer Toyota or Honda SUV, it is dark in color, maybe dark blue.” According to the Police Beat, the incident was reported as a strongarm robbery. “The victim was driving his car and was driving across Crenshaw to come into Lot L and I guess this suspect honked at him,” Trevis said. “I guess he thought they would collide or something.” Trevis said the two individuals pulled over, got out of their cars and had what cameras captured as a “long talk” that resulted in one of the individual stealing the other’s phone. “The suspect seized the phone on the console of the car, he reaches inside and gets it,” Trevis said. Trevis said the suspect left and the victim proceeded to go home, discussed the incident with his family, and the returned about three hours later to report the incident to EC police. “We’re following up on it through different cameras, not only on our campus, but cameras that the city has,” Trevis said. “We have to check the timing and see if someone can get a plate on this guy.”

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The El Camino College Police Department has said that there are no new updates on the robbery of a student that took place in Lot K on Sept. 26. Chief of the El Camino College Police Department Michael Trevis said that no one has come forth with any new information. The robbery took place on Wednesday. Sept. 26 in Parking Lot K. Two suspects stole $115 dollars from a student and ran south towards Lot A, according to the campus advisory that was released by the ECC Police Department on the same day. One suspect is described as a black adult male, age 18 to 23, 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing approximately 130 pounds. The other suspect was described as a black adult male, age 18 to 23, 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall, and weighing 160 to 170 pounds. Anyone with information about the robbery can contact the El Camino College Police Department at 310-660-3100.

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The Union’s thoughts Photos from EC events Artist couple has work Food truck formerly Warriors win against A look at student near student activities San Diego Mesa athletes on campus displayed in Library on campus recycling center moved

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NEWS

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POLICE BEAT By Fernando Haro

Monday, Oct. 1 at 10:15 a.m. An employee reported to officers that her father had visited campus looking for her. Although she said that her father is of no threat, the employee asked officers to not disclose any information about her location to her father. Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 10:21 a.m. A student, with epilepsy and a history of seizures, collapsed spontaneously during a soccer scrimmage. The student was disoriented when paramedics arrived and transported the student to Memorial Hospital of Gardena Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 11:57 a.m. A student in the Math Business Allied Health Building was laying on the ground waiting for a seizure they felt coming. When the fire department arrived, the student was placed on a gurney, had a seizure and was transported to Memorial Hospital of Gardena. Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 1:38 p.m. A student reported feeling lightheaded, dizzy and faint while doing conditioning exercises. The student, who said they had eaten and were hydrated, was transported to Memorial Hospital of Gardena. Thursday, Oct. 4 at 11:32 a.m. An employee in the Health Center reported feeling the effects of high blood pressure after being stressed the past couple of days. The employee was transported to Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance. Monday, Oct. 8, at 6:52 p.m. A student left the Industry and Technology Education Center before police could arrive after being involved in an argument with another student. The Student Development Office will discipline the student. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 6:36 p.m. Paramedics treated a student in Parking Lot F after the student refused to go to the hospital for a possible allergic reaction to fish tacos. Friday, Oct. 12. at 3:09 p.m. An individual with a shopping cart was arrested near the Art Building Basement after admitting to being in possession of methamphetamine. They were booked by the Torrance Police Department. Saturday, Oct. 13, at 9:03 a.m. A student on crutches refused medical treatment after they reported falling inside an elevator near the Bookstore, Room 213. The student, who just wanted to document the incident, blamed a lack of grip in the elevator for the fall.

Corrections

In the Thursday, Oct. 4 issue of the Union, credit was given to Fernando Haro for the story “Associated Student Organization moves forward with Metro U-Pass subsidies, when the credit should have gone to Esteban Mendez In the story “Trial moved for student who allegedly made gun threats” Michael Travis’ name was misspelled on a later refernce as Trevis. In the photo at the top of the Arts page, Linda Detwiler Burner’s name was misspelled as Linda Detwiler Berner when she was given credit. The Union regrets these errors.

DUI Awareness Fair coming to El Camino at the end of October Esteban Mendez

Staff Writer

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The 18th Annual DUI Awareness Fair will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 31 and will be hosted by the El Camino College Police Department. The event will take place on the south side of the Student Activities Center and will be focused on informing attendees on the risks of driving while under the influence. The DUI Fair is open to the public and will have activities that attendees can participate in which are designed to show how much effect that drugs and alcohol can have. One of these activities has attendees wearing goggles that simulate alcohol and drug impairment while driving a golf cart through a golf course. El Camino College Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lewis said “The fair brings out a nice population of students. Lot of people come, a lot of visitors and news crews too.” For more information about the event contact the EC Police Department: at 310-660-3100.

OCT. 18, 2018

Flu shot clinic hosted by EC Health Center

Annual event on Library Lawn provides vaccines to students, faculty

Alexa Kinoshita Staff Writer

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A free Flu Shot Clinic, hosted by the Student Health Services Center, was held at El Camino College from Oct. 1 to 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., on the Library Lawn, Outreach and Events Coordinator, Crystal Albert, said. Once a year in October, the Student Health Fee funds two large tents on the Library Lawn filled with nurses and faculty in white coats. Students and faculty walked over to the Library Lawn and received a free flu vaccine at their best suited time, with the open availability that was offered by the Health Center.

“It’s convenient for students because they can stop by and not worry about getting it elsewhere,” Albert, said. “They can get it in between classes or during their breaks.” This semester, 22-year-old geology major, Cody DoughertyWise, attended this event and received a free flu vaccine. No pain was experienced when being vaccinated with the flu shot, Dougherty-Wise said. Students enrolled in El Camino’s Nursing program administered vaccines for those who attended this event. The nursing students giving the flu vaccinations were supervised by licensed clinical instructors. Both the students giving and receiving the vaccines are always overseen by professionals, Johanna

Burgos, a 33-year-old El Camino nursing major, said. It is a good idea to get a flu vaccine because it “prevent(s) you from getting the flu during the flu season,” Burgos added. Burgos confirmed that she is also getting a flu vaccination herself. The Health Center encouraged students to receive the flu shot because “besides reducing illness and severity and getting the flu, it helps protect others who haven’t been vaccinated or (those in) an atrisk population,” Albert said.

To contact the Health Center, call (310) 660-3643

Alexa Kinoshita/ Union Johanna Burgos, 33, in front of the Flu Shot Clinic tent.

Safety issues arise in Board of Trustees Meeting

19-year-old student trustee cites lack of lighting on campus at night as potential danger

Alexa Kinoshita Staff Writer

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The issue regarding student and faculty safety on the El Camino campus was introduced at the Academic Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting on Monday, Oct. 15, at 5 p.m. in the Alondra Room. The director of Institutional Research and Planning staff, Irene Graff, presented statistics recorded from surveys given to students and faculty in the spring semester on conditions of campus

climate, including campus safety, as a possible topic for an area of improvement. “I think we need to do something bigger. Maybe a task force that can really look at some of the safety concerns and identify some options. And lighting is one of them,” said Graff. After dark, 67 percent of faculty felt safe and 63 percent of students felt safe on campus, according to the Understanding our Campus Climate: Survey Results presentation.

The 19-year-old student trustee, Marilyn Valdez, took an astronomy class that ended at 10:30 p.m. and explained her experience with the lack of light at El Camino to the BOT members. “You’re going to notice how dark it is and that’s such a big issue. A lot of that has to do with facilities and ordering (lightbulbs) and doing all of that light work,” Valdez said. “The prices are really expensive, but the students need them.” Valdez was able to be picked up by her mother after her night class

ended, but pointed out that a lot of students may have to take the bus or pay for on-demand transportation like Uber or Lyft. “We have students that are completely diverse and have entirely different backgrounds so we want to make sure they are being taken care of,” she said. The president of El Camino, Dena Maloney, knows that there is always more that can be done in terms of safety and is working to address those specific concerns. “We have been working on it all

along,” Maloney said. “Through facilities, they keep track of how many lights have been repaired where the bulb was out.” The BOT meeting introduced improvements that the campus could make, like extending a later time for police escorts since they stop at 10 p.m and the issue at hand that covered the limited lighting on campus. “A lot of the night students get overlooked. We want to make sure that students do feel safe whether you’re a woman or a male, whether

University of California offers EC students application help Workshops and open labs available to help with personal insight questions Open Labs:

Tuesday, Oct. 30 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Distance Education Room. Thursday, Nov. 8 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Industry Technology Education Center room 230. Tuesday, Nov. 13 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Distance Education Room.

Esteban Mendez Staff Writer

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There are University of California (UC) Personal Insight Questions workshops and open labs being held by the El Camino College Transfer Center. Student Worker for the Transfer

Center Marissa Hernandez-Gomez said that the workshops are taught as a group lesson, whereas the open labs are for students to meet transfer counselors one-on-one. Hernandez-Gomez said that the workshops and open labs “helps to make students aware of what the UC’s are looking for in these personal insight responses.”

Workshops:

Thursday, Oct. 25 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Distance Education Room. Monday, Nov. 5 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Distance Education Room.

Academic Senate approves proceedure to inform students New way to tell students how to request accommodations to go through College Council, authorities say Fernando Haro Staff Writer

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A procedure to explain how to request accommodation or course substitution as a student with a disability was approved by the Academic Senate in the Distance Education Conference Room on Tuesday, Oct. 16. The Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities Procedure sets forth guidelines that would allow students with disabilities “equal opportunity to complete course requirements,” according to the AP 4055 document in the Academic Senate agenda. “It’s a new Academic Procedure (AP) that just spells out how students with disabilities would go through the process of requesting accommodation and if they don’t agree with the accommodations that are provided for them; how they can repeal that and go through the process,” Academic Senate Vice-President of Educational Policies, Darcie McClelland said. McClelland said she was not sure if there were any problems with the way accommodations were being made before and that the Academic Senate is always working on improving policies and procedures. “We’re just making sure everything is spelled out clearly,

McClelland said. “We just want there to be clarity for our students and that they know where to find the services.” In a previous incident, VicePresident of Academic Technology, Pete Marcoux said during the meeting that he had an issue where a student was under the impression that their assignment was not due for eight weeks, rather than the four Marcoux set in the syllabus because they claimed to have accommodation. “I think that is a communication issue and we just need to be really clear in communicating expectations,” Academic Senate President, Kristie DanielDiGregorio said. Marcoux said that these expectations need to be made clear on the forms. “I think it’s the institution’s responsibility to be really clear and to anticipate where some confusion might lie, Daniel-DeGregorio said. “But it is also the student’s responsibility.” According to the AP 4055, students are responsible for requesting accommodations with a counselor or disability specialist in the Special Resource Center, where they are assessed. “After consultation, if the student disagrees with the recommendation for accommodations made by the SRC or Dean of Student Support Services, the student may request

a review of the accommodations through the grievance procedure outlined in the SRC student handbook,” according to the AP 4055. DiGregorio said that representatives from the SRC and counseling took part in a subcommittee that took a look at the functions that were already being fulfilled in their SRC handbook and formalized them. Daniel-DiGregorio said the AP 4055 lays out a timeline. “It was really about formalizing it into an Administrative Procedure but getting a little bit more into specifics about how quickly we need to respond to students, DanielDiGregorio said. According to the AP 4055, if an instructor and a student cannot reach an agreement for accommodation, The Americans With Disabilities Officer or a representative will review the issue and attempt to resolve it within five business days. “Once the reasonable accommodation has been determined, I really do have to respond and comply, so it’s not a negotiation that I have with the student necessarily,” DanielDiGregorio said. “This is the information I am getting from the experts and I need to accommodate the student accordingly.” As for course substitutions, they can be made if the Academic

Accommodations Committee approves the required course as nonessential to the student’s major, if the “reasonable accommodations offered do not enable” the student successful completion of a course, or if a student’s limitations are too much that it would be a waste of time to take the required course, according to the AP 4055. Although the Academic Senate passed AP 4055, the procedure is not official yet and will go to the College Council next, DanielDiGregorio said “They’re not set until they go to College Council and where it gets really interesting is if College Council makes a bunch of changes, then it bounces all the way back down and so, then it goes to Education Policies... (it) sort of starts the same process over again,” Daniel-DiGregorio said.

Daniel-DiGregorio said when the guidelines were first introduced, they were met with questions and understanding but no reluctance. “We’ve been talking about this a lot, Daniel-DiGregorio said. “We have a new training system.” Daniel-DiGregorio said that completing the new training system will help faculty learn how to support students with disabilities and receive “flex credit” in the process. Daniel-DiGregorio said as an instructor, she gets paid for days where she is not in class but is still expected to, “for that pay,” engage in professional development activities such as the new training system. “We’re asking all faculty to go through this training module, to really understand this process,” Daniel-DiGregorio said.

Fernando Haro/ Union Faculty and students taking notes during a presentation given by Jane Miyashiro during the Academic Senate Meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 16 in the Distance Education Conference Room (DE116).

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Mari Inagaki/ Union Lunch time is most busy time for The L.A. Mobile Catering truck located next to the Student Services Center on Thursday, Aug. 30. Omar Rashad Special to the Union @EccUnionOmar

This food truck located south of the Student Activities Center offers new snack and meal options this semester on Tuesday, Aug. 28.

Jack Kan/ Union

A Mobile Catering food truck workers said they were happy when they first came to El Camino College. They sold “lots of food,” Nasatir and Bourlier said, like burritos and quesadillas—sometimes they even sold out, but only for the first few weeks. Towards mid-September, Sandra Gonzalez, who works as the food truck cashier, was told by her boss, Armando Chavez, that she had to relocate the food truck away from the El Camino Student Activities Center. Hence, Gonzalez had to move the food truck to the north side of campus, right next to the El Camino Bookstore and across from Parking Lot C. Chavez, was not responsive to The Union despite countless attempts to reach him for a comment.

“I was very happy when I came to El Camino (at) first because it’s good business and the people (are) happy and they like the food and everything,” Gonzalez said. “But now, no, I’m not happy in the place they moved the truck.” The food truck formerly sat next to the Student Activities Center in the Common Grounds, planted in the middle of an area where groups of students often eat lunch and pass by when leaving class. Gonzalez said the relocation, which moved the mobile vendor away from the most common part of campus to the edge of its north side, caused the food truck’s profit to take a dive as she noticed her business “drop by half.” And when asked why she had to move, all Gonzalez said was she knew that “Andy from the bookstore” had talked to her boss, Chavez. Gonzalez was referencing to El Camino Bookstore Assistant Director Andrew Nasatir, who, along with Bookstore Director Julie Bourlier, are responsible for El Camino’s food service operation.

Nasatir and Bourlier said they have explored methods of distributing food services throughout campus following the closing down of The Manhattan: a store that shut down due to a fire caused by an attempted break-in during June of 2016.

“The Manhattan Convenient Store served as just kind of a deli. Once that closed, food service to this whole [north] side of the campus disappeared,” Nasatir said.

Serving Mexican American fast food to the El Camino College community, the LA Mobile Catering food truck is ready to serve customers.

Omar Rashad/ Union

After discovering how “incredibly expensive” it would have cost to get The Manhattan operational again, Nasatir noted that the college had decided to take a different route to “rectify” the north side’s food options. The college’s temporary solution was the introduction of the LA Mobile Catering food truck. However, the food truck also required an electrical source, something that was not present next to the El Camino Bookstore prior to the 2018 Fall Semester. Since Nasatir “didn’t think it would be appropriate” to call off the food truck for the entirety of the semester, he planned for the food truck to move adjacent to the bookstore once an electrical source had been installed. Until then, Nasatir had planned for the food truck to temporarily reside next to the Student Activities Center. When asked about the food truck’s drastic decline in business following its relocation, Nasatir said he was not aware of its profit loss. Prior to the relocation, Gonzalez said she recalls packing up her truck and leaving campus as early as 2 p.m. when she sold out all her food by the Student Activities Center. Gonzalez said the new location makes her “sad and nervous” as all her food is not sold within one workday anymore. “We know that when we disrupt a current operation, if you take a snapshot from the next day, you’re going to see [profit loss]; but over time, that will rectify itself,” Nasatir said. He also said communication regarding the food truck’s relocation was lacking and “there could have been a better job of that.” Nasatir also said El Camino is in the process of creating an online landing page “so the community as a whole can login and see what’s happening with food service in general.” The college is currently “investigating software” that will accomplish such a task, Nasatir said. With no knowledge of the relocation prior, communications major John Ti’a discovered the new location on his own, frequenting the food truck every Monday and Wednesday. With his classes being closer to the old location, Ti’a said the relocation was “a good move in some ways” and noted how “it’s not as crowded and there’s more shade here.” The food truck continues to serve Mexican American fast food at good prices, Gonzalez said. The LA Mobile Catering food truck’s hours of operation are Monday to Thursday from 7 a.m. until 6:30 p.m.

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OPINION

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OCT. 18, 2018

EDITORIAL

More recycling bins needed

hough El Camino has begun the process of becoming a more ecoaware campus with the addition of new recycling bins, it has a long way to go before its work is complete. El Camino has taken an important first step by installing a few new recycling bins. The bins are located in the Student Activities Center, Arts and ITEC Building. Some are cardboard, so there is much more to do before El Camino can be considered an ecofriendly college. The bins installed have begun an important first step for the college, especially given the general lack of recycling bins on campus. Adding new recycling bins to the campus has given students the ability to avoid throwing their bottles and cans into the trash. Though adding new bins has made recycling easier on campus, the bins are only in a few select locations. Students away from these bins have to either throw their recyclable items into the trash, leave them next to the bin or carry the items with them until they get to a recycling bin. The new bins are also made of cardboard which, while cheaper to install, suggest that this is a temporary fix for the college. Without more permanent bins installed it seems doubtful that El Camino has fully committed to recycling on campus. According to the El Camino College annual factbook for 2017, about $2.1 million of the $125 million college budget was left over, so it’s possible a small portion could go toward recycling bins across campus. A single 28-gallon recycling container from the company recycle away costs $178 per unit, the unused funds from

Campus Viewpoints: Students share their thoughts on recycling By: Fernando Haro @ECCUnionFernand

Uriel Medina, 18, computer science major “I recycle but when I’m not at my house, I usually throw it in the trash. A lot of trash makes places dirtier and it is bad for the environment.”

Daniella Clark, 18, chemistry major “I think it is super important to recycle because we have a lot of garbage killing our environment. The ocean will eventually be void of fish”.

Faheema Ahmed, 17, environmental science major “I think it is necessary for people to recycle because the world is deteriorating. To be honest I do not take a lot of actions but I recycle at home and reuse plastic bags”.

Emad Attiyat, 17, business major “It is important because it can help our environment and we can reuse a lot of stuff. I recycle bottles, keep plastic bags and reuse them to reduce my use of plastic”.

Gent Mujeci, 20, computer science major “It has a huge impact on marine life, the animals eat the plastic and then end up dying. People who make a living out of commercial fishing are struggling because the fish population is decreasing”.

Bianca Khoo, 19, electrical engineer major “It is important and we should be doing it. I use reusable water bottles and bring utensils from home. If we don’t take care of the earth, we won’t have any place to live.”

Photo by Jose Tobar the school could afford 11,837 units. Far fewer would be needed to provide recycling services to the school. In 2014, the Associated Students Organization (ASO) began a petition to create a committee focused on recycling and sustainability on campus. This would extend the committee the ASO already has, however, according to the El Camino College website, no such committee exists. While preserving the environment extends far past El Camino College, the campus can still do its part to preserve our planet. The installation of more recycling bins that are more permanent fixtures

The issue: Recycling bins have been scarce at El Camino for quite some time Our stand: There should be more recycling bins installed throughout the campus

throughout campus is a start to keeping the planet preserved

for future generations. Another possible solution for El Camino would be to utilize biodegradable utensils in campus restaurants, which could cut down on the amount of trash that is created by the campus in total. These solutions are only a few steps toward making El Camino College a conservation minded campus, but with these suggestions and other changes over time, El Camino can become a truly green campus. Editorials are unsigned and are written and voted upon by the editorial board.

CAMPUS VIEWPOINTS By: Kevin Caparoso @ECCUnionKC

Photos By: Kevin Caparoso

Students share their plans and thoughts on Halloween

Editor’s Thoughts:

Thumbs up, Thumbs Down Thanks to El Camino for having so many community events like the Blood Drive, Free Flu Shots and Transfer Fair.

Alexis Bruchner, 19, theater major “... Recently it’s been more

Halloween parties, but not like crazy ones. Just like more contained ones with like close friends..”

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Mousa Awadallah, 19, biology major

“I go to parties, that’s about it. I used to trick or treat, now I’m too old for that. I always go as something really dumb, like a hot dog or a banana.”

Syndi Rosales, 28, nursing major

“I usually go to a pumpkin patch with the family. This year I want to do a Day of the Dead table.”

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OCT. 18, 2018

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Jack Kan/ Union Matthew Thorne looks for an open teammate during the ECC-Chaffey men’s water polo game at the ECC swimming pool on Monday, Oct, 8. ECC lost 18-11.

Weekly Events at El Camino Whether its water polo matches or the ASB Awareness Fair, El Camino has been keeping busy with a week full of events.

Mari Inagaki/ Union The ASB Awareness Fair took place on Wednesday, Oct 10, 2018 on the Library Lawn.

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Jack Kan/ Union (Right) Andrea Sandoval looks to take a shot during the ECC-Chaffey water polo game played at the ECC swimming pool on Monday, Oct. 8. ECC lost the game by a score of 17-4. (Left) EC’s ASB Awareness Fair which took place on Wednedsay, Oct 10, 2018 included a booth from Univeral Studios Hollywood.

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Before 57-year-old El Camino College professor Matthew Ebiner discovered his love for geography, he found a passion for photography that has yet to die out. After transferring from Mt. San Antonio College where he majored in photography for a year, Ebiner earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in geography at UCLA. “I was planning to go into (photography) as a profession, so I pursued that for a little while and then I decided against that. But, I didn’t lose the love for photography,” Ebiner said. Since 1986, Ebiner has pursued a career as a full-time geography professor at El Camino.

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Geography professor’s travel photo published by LA Times

and leads my eye toward the main subject. You could also see the contrast in colors complements each other well,” photojournalism major Jun Ueda, said.

El Camino geography Professor Matthew Ebiner, 57. “Geography is a mixture of studying nature and culture, and Namibia has both of those,” Ebiner said. Alexa Kinoshita/ Union

“I want the students to be aware of how beautiful and interesting the world is,” Ebiner said. “And so it’s kind of a cliche, but I’m trying to open their eyes to the world.”

The LA Times winning photograph, the shadows of two trees on the ground and a one tree in focus with a sand hill in the background. “I’ve traveled to 153 countries of the world and I’ve traveled to 30 countries in Africa. And in Africa, Namibia is my favorite country of the 30,” Ebiner said. Photo courtesy of Matthew Ebiner

With knowledge in both fields, Ebiner has been able to incorporate photography into his geography lessons for students. “Its been a lifelong interest of mine even though it hasn’t been my career. But it’s been a big tool since I use my photos in my lectures,” Ebiner said. “They really relate to the lectures that he’s teaching,” geography major, Brianna Redmond, said. “One of his main purposes of traveling is to bring good material, and you can definitely tell,” Redmond added. In September this year, Ebiner introduced his passion for photography to a wider audience,

outside of his classroom. Over the summer, winter, and spring breaks, Ebiner hosts a travel company that he created in 2010, called “GeoTours”. This tour was not only open to the public, but to his students as well. During this past summer tour in August, Ebiner traveled for 20 days around Cape Town, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Batswana. “I’ve traveled to 153 countries of the world and I’ve traveled to 30 countries in Africa. And in Africa, Namibia is my favorite country of the 30,” Ebiner said.

“Geography is a mixture of studying nature and culture, and Namibia has both of those,” Ebiner said. From this trip, Ebiner witnessed the traditions that Namibia held, in its wildlife and people. He encourages people, including his students, to travel because it’s a “wonderful way to learn about the world and to have a better appreciation,” Ebiner said.

After driving 2 hours in the dark and walking 30 minutes in the early morning, Ebiner captured a photograph of the Namid-Naukluft National Park in Namibia with only his Galaxy S9 phone. In a contest that the Los Angeles Times announced in the Travel section, where contestants sent in photos from their vacation destinations, Ebiner was 1 of the 15 photographers chosen to have their summer picture published.

He intended to submit more than one photo, but it was one of his “favorites for the summer,” Ebiner said.

were sent to the Los Angeles

“I like that he used leading lines, where the photo starts at the bottom

More than 1,700 photographs

Times, but Ebiner only sent in one.

“Since he included the shadows in the photo, he really wanted to emphasize reach or growth,” Udea added.

After being contacted by the Los Angeles Times about making the first cut, Ebiner felt grateful for the recognition he received. “I do exert a lot of effort in getting good photos. I get up early or go on foot to a spot that has a really nice view” Ebiner said. “But to get the best possible photo, sometimes you do have to work hard, and so when you get a little bit of recognition, it’s encouraging.” During his time in Namibia, his DSLR camera had caught a speck of dust that was stuck to the sensor, making it nearly impossible to take a picture without a small dot appearing in the photos, Ebiner said. However, his phone was the exact tool needed to take the photo when his professional DSLR camera couldn’t be used. “Nowadays, phones take great photos. You don’t need to have a major telephoto,” Ebiner said.

Sex, Love, and Fidelity professor writes her book while visting porn sets Alexa Kinoshita Staff Writer @ECCUnionAlexa

Instead of one experience, it turned into a much bigger project that involved a year’s worth of observation. After a student confronted her with the opportunity to visit a pornography set, Kassia Wosick thought it would be a great experience to share with lectures in class. The El Camino College sociology professor of 3 years earned her master’s and doctorate in sociology at the Univerity of California, Irvine. “I think that’s what it means to be a teacherscholar,” Wosick said. “Teach the stuff that you’re researching and research the stuff that you’re teaching.” While on set, she was able to observe interactions among the production and talent, hold interviews, discuss questions she had with the directors and crew, and watch the active pornographic scenes take place. “I was able to just kind of be apart of the set,” Wosick said

realized that her boyfriend was cheating on her.” Wosick said. “So, it really made me think about the industry as a whole and some of these assumptions that we have.” Wosick also found social issues that appeared on pornography sets, which really surprised her. “In an industry that you think would be a little bit more inclusive and diverse, there were still prejudices and structural racism in terms of prioritizing people who did certain sexual behaviors over others based on race,” she added. Wosick understands the issues that the pornography talent faces from the observations and interviews she held on the sets. “Sometimes porn involves real people having sex,” Wosick said. “Sometimes it’s a performance for the camera.” From a sociological approach, she understands that pornography makes people uncomfortable because it’s visible sex and is

“The directors weren’t really directing, they were capturing,” Wosick said.

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Feeling welcomed, she was surprised at how much more there was to the production than she realized, especially with the level of professionalism it produced. After countless interactions with the talent, the crew, and production staff, Wosick found them to be regular people who have families, where “they go home to their wives or husbands, and their kids and take them to soccer practice or hang out and have family dinners.” Wosick said she encountered a female talent, returning from a 2-week hiatus, was forced to quit a shoot because she had tested positive for STDs after visiting her boyfriend out of state. “After she put two and two together, she

El Camino College sociology professor Kassia Wosick, 41.“Sometimes people are skeptical, but doing research has really reinforced that this is kind of what I was meant to do.”

seen as taboo. “But when you start to take a look at civilian sex, we still perform because we’re all an audience for each other and we’re all actors in the social world,” Wosick said.

“This is kind of one of the last missing pieces of us understanding ourselves as social beings,” Wosick said.

People don’t talk about sex, sexuality, or pornography, it’s really important because that’s where they learn about sex, Wosick said. This reason is why Wosick shares a glimpse of her experience with her sociology classes. “It was sort of unsettling at first because I had never had a professor talk about porn, let alone experience it firsthand, but the way she talked about it made things less awkward,” history major Mishell Reyes said after taking her class in the spring. “The environment of the class slowly relaxed the more we talked about it.” Wosick said she realized students need to study sexualities from multiple perspectives. She wrote the book “Sex, Love, and Fidelity: A study of Contemporary Romantic Relationships” around the same time she was doing her research on sets. “The two go hand-in-hand because what we’re really trying to talk about are the trends in contemporary relationships and how things like fidelity and commitment and love play out,” she said. Her novel explains the relationships people share, from those like monogamy to polygamay. From her year-long fieldwork, she felt that the take-home message was to learn how to handle those nuances when gathering research, especially in that certain setting. “Sometimes people are skeptical, but doing research has really reinforced that this is kind of what I was meant to do,” Wosick said.

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Two paintings of rocky landscapes by Bradley Scott Burner, 64. “Money is hard because people don’t want to part with money, so it’s hard to sell art but it’s okay because it brings me joy seeing people appreciate our works,” Burner said. .................................................................................. Justin Bell/ Union Yewande Olugbodi Special to the Union @EccUnionYewandeOlugbodi

hey are the composers of creativity and they have roamed the world, hunting for images to inspire all. Before retiring a year ago and being immersed in painting, Bradley Scott Burner, 64, worked at the State Compensation Insurance Fund as a safety consultant. His wife, Linda Detwiler-Burner, 54, apart from being a professional photographer, is a non faculty classified staff employee at the El Camino Financial Aid Office, which she joined in 2002. The couple met through an the online dating site, match.com, in 2010, and two years later, they got married. When their relationship was in it’s budding stage, Detwiler-Burner said they had talked about the joy of having their works shown together which became a reality as they started showcasing together in 2012, the year they got married. They are both currently featuring their artistic work at the El Camino College Schauerman Library in Torrance.

Three landscape images by Linda Detwiler-Burner displayed in the lobby of the Schauerman Library. Justin Bell/ Union

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“It is important to show our work so other people can appreciate it. If not, it just sits at home,” Burner said.

Detwiler-Burner has been showcasing her photos since 2008 at El Camino College before she met her husband, and 2018 is her 10th fall showing. “I started taking pictures since I was 8 years old, when I got my first camera, but I went all digital in 2008 when I got a nicer camera,” DetwilerBurner said. The Public Access Librarian, Gary Medina, who has assisted the Burners with setting up the exhibitions for the past couple of years, worked with Camila Jenkin, the Outreach Librarian this fall to manage the art display. Medina said that this year’s showcase is a little different as the installation is done in a more traditional style. “A brand new art display system was installed in spring as [Jenkin] wanted to try something different with some cluster arrangement,” Medina said. Detwiler-Burner’s biggest challenge was the struggle to find the theme and mixing their art work together. “How do I incorporate his work with mine? Mine being photography and his is oil painting,” Detwiler-Burner said. Library Media Technician, Cindy Lopez said the lobby gets a lot of traffic passing through and the current display is popular with different

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Three portraits of hot air balloons by Linda Detwiler-Burner hang in the Schauerman Library at El Camino College. .................................................................................. .................................................................................. Mari Inagaki/ Union people asking about the artists.

“It is really cool that we have our staff’s art work displayed. [Detwiler-Burner] is a big part of El Camino. She is expanding her collections. Any time she shows, it is always something different,”

In this modernistic age of social media, Detwiler-Burner said that she does not put her pictures on Facebook because she doesn’t want them to be “stolen.” “I have opened an online store and I’m hoping people will start buying,” Detwiler-Burner said. Detwiler-Burner uses her Facebook to promote her events, but showcases through her website lindadetwilerburner.com. She does however visits the Flickr site but not Instagram. As it is a milestone achievement for Detwiler-Burner, some art work

“It brings me joy. Watching students and staff come out and admire what they see makes me feel good,” Detwiler-Burner said. will be swapped from time to time for people to see something fresh. Just like in music, where singers have put their old and new songs together, Detwiler-Burner said she sees this fall display as her “greatest hits album.” Photography Professor Darilyn Rowan said that Detwiler-Burner was one of her outstanding students and she was proud of her work. On Thursday, Oct. 4, Rowan brought her photography students to view and learn from Detwiler-Burner’s work and invited them to the art exhibition which was held on Friday, Oct, 5. Rowan said she will continue to bring some of her classes to teach and look at the photography this fall semester. Burner said that he loves nature and landscaping, and painting pictures of places they have been. “We like to travel, visit different places. It is my therapy,” Detwiler– Burner said.

Pet and Family Portrait by Linda Dewtiler-Burner • Saturday Oct. 27, 3:30 to 6 p.m. • Eastview Park, Palos Verdes • Haystack background, Free photos will be available for download at lindadetwilerburner. com • Costumes are engouraged

Linda Detwiler-Burner speaks to onlookers in front of her hot air balloon portraits in Photography professor, Darilyn Rowan shows her class the art display in the Schauerman the Schauerman Library lobby at El Camino College. Library at El Camino College. .................................................................................. Yewande Olugbodi/ Union .................................................................................. Yewande Olugbodi/ Union

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(Top)Members of the PaaMano Eskrima group give a martial art demonstration with blades at the “Para sa Kultura” Filipino festival on the Library Lawn on Thursday, Oct, 11 Jack Kan/Union

of Mallorca. A demonstration by PaaMano Eskrima members, literal translation “Foot-HandSkirmish”, was led by martial artist Roland Ferrer. Ferrer, a 7th degree black belt U.S. National Taekwondo champion, studied under revered Filipino martial artist Dan Inosanto who taught and trained with Bruce Lee. “Eskrima is a traditional Filipino martial art which was forbidden by the Spanish authorities when the Philippines were still a Spanish colony,” Aurora Ferrer, the creative director of PaaMano Eskrima said. “Students

(Top) Master Roland Ferrer and his son Kadante give an Eskrima martial art demonstration at the “Para su Kultura” Filipino festival on the Library Lawn on Thursday, Oct. 11. ........................................... .... Jack Kan/Union typically start with sticks and blades but progress on to fighting with bare hands.” The FCS Dance Group presented several traditional Filipino folk dances . “It’s only after I grew up and had children that I realized how imp or t a nt my Fi l ipi no r o ot s a nd cu lt u r e wer e t o me,” memb er of t he Fi l ip i n o Cultural School Cindy Szendzial said. The event closed with an innovative fusion of Tini k ling, “the b a m b o o A member of the FCS Dance d a n c e ”, and E s k r i m a , Group performs a traditional a c o l l a b o r a t i o n b e t we e n shield dance PaaMano Esk rima and the F C S D a n c e G r o u p. Jack Kan / Union

We Banjo 3’s lead singer, David for people and talk about some bigger Roseana Martinez Howley, discussed how he had struggled things and that came into the light of Staff Writer with mental health and wanted to create talking about mental health.” @EccUnionRoseana With many of their tours, they work Within the green hills of Ireland and songs based on personal experiences he with campaigns to bring awareness of three banjos, a band of brothers set out to went through. “A big part of our album and tour is mental health which later goes to mental create music. Born and raised in Ireland, We Banjo about mental health. I struggled with health charities. “We want to bring the idea 3 is a set of two brothers that you can just talk about it,” who revolve their music Howley added. around the banjo and use When asked why he other instruments like the named his album “Haven” fiddle, mandolin, guitar, Howley explained that haven percussion, and vocals. meant a place of safety, As they started their band comfort, and “one’s highest in Ireland, these brothers peak in life.” created their own genre of music called “Celtgrass”, “I am happiest when I’m a combination of modern on stage. I am at my peak American bluegrass with a of existence when I am on traditional Irish sound. stage,” Howley said. “So we This new sound and their wanted a word that would fit last album, “String Theory” We Banjo 3, an Irish bluegrass band bringing mental health into that idea.” helped them rise to the top awareness through their music. Photograph courtesy of “We waned to create Michelle Roche, media relations manager for We Banjo 3. of Billboard’s #1 Artists, something that would serve Originators of Celtgrass. as a safe for everyone, no One of their stops in their 2018-19 tour mental health for a numberof years and matter the religious, political views, will be El Camino on Saturday, Oct. 20 I grew up in a culture that didn’t really etc,” Howley said. “Everyone’s haven at 8 p.m. where they will be performing talk about mental health all the time,” is different and there is a point or place their newest album “Haven.” Howley said. “We want to be a voice where they feel safe and great.”

Giselle Morales Staff Writer @EccUnionGiselle The six Discovery film series, “Along the Royal Inca Road,” directed by Swiss-born Filmmaker, Karin Muller, will be shown on Monday, Nov. 26, in the Marsee Auditorium. The film follows Muller as she traveled along the 3,200 mile Inca Road. There will be two screenings of this film. The first will be at 3 p.m. and the second will be at 7:30 p.m. The ticket prices for senior citizens and children are $10 and $12 for the general public and El Camino College staff. The Center for the Arts Director, Rick Christopherson, said that tickets will be free for all EC students. Students who are interested in attending must call the Ticket Office at (310)-329-5345 or email artstickets@elcamino.edu to reserve their ticket. The deadline to reserve a free ticket is Wednesday, Nov. 21. After each showing, audience members will get the chance to meet Muller. Muller has presented seven films at El Camino. “We’re thrilled to have [her] back this season,” Christopherson said.

Jack Kan Special to the Union @EecUnionJackK s part of the Filipino/ a/x American History Month, the Student Equity Advisory Council (SEAC) presented a cultural event at the ECC Library Lawn entitled “Para sa Kultura” on Thursday, Oct. 11. Free filipino food samples were offered, such as puto, a Tagalog word, not a Spanish one, kutchinta, and ensaymada. The steamed rice cakes known as puto, are sometimes f lavored with ube, purple yam, or topped with grated cheese. Kutchinta are steamed rice

Jack Kan / c a k e s made with brown sugar, lye and annatto extract which give them a distinctive orange color. Ensaymadas are brioches baked with butter and topped with sugar and grated cheese. The original recipe probably came from the Balearic Island

Scne One Film Club Movie Night “The Debut” Oct. 25, 4 p.m. East Dinning Room

Filipino Book Club Nov. 13, 1 p.m. Decaltholon Room

We Banjo 3 Band coming to El Camino

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22 Tibet: Alight in The Darkness Marsee Auditorium | 8 p.m.

26 Beach Cities Symphony| 8 p.m.

Fall Advanced Dance Concert Campus Theatre | 8 p.m.

Fall Advanced Dance Concert Campus Theatre | 1 p.m.

ECC Guitar Ensemble Haag Recital Hall| 5 p.m.

ECC Studio Jazz Band Marsee Auditorium | 8 p.m.

Seattle, Washington. “I thought they were great, very different from what we usually hear,” Christopherson said. “They just got my attention.” At EC, professor William Doyle

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teaches a world music class where one of the lessons is Irish music and contemporary music. “They are all excellent musicians,” Doyle said. “The singing style is a little bit country, a little bit Irish, very down to earth, very heartfelt so I love the stuff that they do.” He was excited to know We Banjo 3 was performing at EC. “Since their third album (“String Theory”) I have followed what they have done,” Doyle added. “They just blew me away.” He also discussed how music in Ireland is, especially traditional music in Ireland. “It is just a small intimate group and it makes everyone feel great and wonderful. It is really cool stuff,” Doyle said. We Banjo 3 has worked to make a name for themselves as they bring awareness on powerful topics like mental health with positive songs and working with charities. “The world is crazy and music is our place of safety, it doesn’t matter the genre of music,” Howley said.

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Campus Theatre| 7 p.m.

Li Rothermich from the Pennington Dance Group performs in the premiere of “Ungoverned Spaces” at Marsee Auditorium on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018..................... Jack Kan/ Union

SPORTS

OCT. 18, 2018

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Football team defeats San Diego Mesa in fourth straight win The Warriors open confernce play with a victory Justin Bell Staff Writer

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quaring off against its first conference opponent of the year proved to be a tough test for El Camino on Saturday, Oct. 13, as the Warriors narrowly beat the Olympians, 5144. Facing a touchdown deficit in the final minutes of the game, the Warriors, 4-2 overall, 1-0 in conference, saw themselves in the same situation they were in exactly five weeks ago in Bakersfield. They failed then and left with a loss, but haven’t lost a game since. Now, they seem to be learning from their early season mistakes. “We’re growing as a football team, and you can see that from week to week,” head coach Gifford Lindheim said. “Maybe we weren’t ready (in Bakersfield), as a group, to finish the job. But since then, the work that we have done has prepared us for that moment.” The team has rotated between freshman Grant Ferrauilo and sophomore Aaron Thomas at the quarterback spot all season, but in this one it was Thomas who lead the team to the comeback victory after Ferrauilo struggled with turnovers. “The thing about our offense is its not just one guy out there making all the plays,” Thomas said, choosing to defer the spotlight to his teammates. “Our offensive line blocked great out there and made things easy for me.” As the game started, it looked to be a defensive battle as El Camino came up with a huge goal line stand on the Olympians (3-3 overall, 0-1

conference) second drive of the game. San Diego Mesa would recover, as Kevin Levesque and Dejon Smith each caught touchdown passes from Jake Dunninway for the lead, 13-0. After a 19-yard touchdown pass from Ferrauilo to Kishawn Berry for the Warriors, the Olympians would add a field goal before the half and go up 16-7. That would turn out to be the last field goal of the game, as the offenses would go on to score a combined 10 touchdowns in the second half. “It just shows the potential we have as an offense,” Thomas said. “That we can score every time we get the ball.” EC racked up 6 touchdowns in the second half, including three to sophomore wide receiver Trevon Clark who finished the night with 10 catches for 151-yards. “Trevon had one of his best games,” Thomas said. “He’s the type of receiver to where if i throw it up, he’s going to come down with it nine out of ten times.” Just as the Olympians failed to control Clark, the Warriors failed to stop San Diego Mesa’s top receiver, Dejon Smith. Smith caught 10 passes for 162-yards and two scores as the teams traded blows. After Clark started the second half with a 13-yard touchdown, San Diego Mesa answered with an 80-yard drive that culminated in an 36-yard touchdown reception by Austin Rumbo from Dunninway. Berry added his second touchdown of the day. The Olympians would counter when Brendan Torrance intercepted Ferrauilo’s pass and took it 75-yards for a touchdown. Ferrauilo would

Quarterback Aaron Thomas (No. 15) scrambles away from Riverside pass rushers at Murdock Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 1. ..................................................................................... Jack Kan/ Union throw another interception on the ensuing drive, and with his team trailing 30-21, coach Lindheim decided it was time to call Aaron Thomas’ number. “I’m always trying to be prepared,” Thomas said. “I just knew that we needed to push the tempo with our offensive line and clean up some silly penalties and mistakes.” Thomas would immediately reward coach Gifford in a big way, leading four straight touchdown drives to end the game.

The offense had the benefit of great field position a few times in the fourth quarter. Cornerback, Isaiah Lemos had a second interception that set the Warriors up at the Olympians 28yard line with two minutes left in the third quarter. “A lot of people try to test the short corner,” Lemos said. “Our defense had to make a lot of adjustments because their recievers kept finding holes.” The defensive adjustments seemed to only temporarily

Men’s and women’s Women’s soccer team suffers cross country Warriors battle in defeat by Roadrunners teams compete at Gutierrez said. “Good job,” she Mt. SAC Invitational Roseana Martinez said, encouraging her teammates. Melanie Chacon Sports Editor @ECCUnionMelanie

l Camino College men’s cross country team was undefeated against community colleges until this past Friday as they took second place behind the still undefeated Mt. San Antonio Mounties. The historic course was four miles of hilly terrain, head coach Dean Lofgren said. Lofgren said it was a very even race, with Mt. SAC’s Salvador Capetillo winning in 20:33. El Camino’s Carson Bix and Ethan Comeaux ran tough the entire race finishing just behind in 2nd (21:13) and 3rd (21:17). In the women’s race, Mt. SAC won with 39 points. Freshman Grace Hoffman was the top El Camino runner in a solid 9th place and time of 19:43, Lofgren said. “The women’s team keeps getting better as the season goes on,” Lofgren said. The next race for the EC cross country teams will be the South Coast Conference Championships at Cerritos Regional Park on Friday, Oct. 26. The women’s race will begin at 10 a.m. and the men’s race will follow at 11 a.m.

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l Camino women's soccer team battled through a 4-0 at home defeat against the Rio Hondo College Roadrunners on Tuesday, Oct. 16. At the start of the game, Rio Hondo went in full force as they controlled the ball in EC's half of the field. Within 5 minutes, the Roadrunner's defensive player, Ruby Magallon (No.23), scored the first goal, giving Rio Hondo a 1-0 lead over EC. Though the Roadrunners found a breakthrough, the Warriors did not give up and held their ground defensively. With communication on the defensive line led by EC’s Izabel Gutierrez (No. 8), the defense was controlling more of the ball and did not let another goal pass until the end of the half. “Shield, shield! Behind you. You got someone behind you,”

Though EC was communicating more, in the 37th minute, the Roadrunner’s forward, Flor Suarez (No.5) found a breakthrough and scored putting Rio Hondo up, 2-0. EC fought through it, as they found two breakthroughs in the last two minutes of the first half. Robin Riggs (No.3) and Nalleli Mendoza (No.11) both shot at Rio Hondo’s goalkeeper, Izella Delgadillo (No.00) however, both were saved. As the first half came to an end, EC’s head coach John Britton commented on EC’s effort in the first half as the Roadrunners were in the lead 2-0. “The first half we showed a lot of improvement from Friday’s game,” Britton said. “They are sticking to their task better.” The Warriors had more control with the ball early in the seond half, however, in the 58th minute, Flor Suarez scored her second goal of the game, helping Rio Hondo stay in the lead, 3-0.

slow the Olympians, however, as Dunninway found Smith for one touchdown, and then ran his own score in from 17-yards out to give San Diego Mesa a 44-36 lead with eight minutes to go. The Warriors would not flinch, marching down the field on a five minute drive that saw Jonah Tavai plunge in from one yard out for his second touchdown of the day. After a quick three and out by the Warriors defense, El Camino went down the field yet again and scored on an 18-yard pass from

Thomas to Clark to win the game. “We have a good group of guys who are committed to the process, and I think the results from this game were because of the hard work they have done,” Lindheim said. “Its a hard road trip to go all the way down to San Diego, and we’re gonna have to be road warriors again this week (at Mt. San Antonio).” The Warriors take on Mt. San Antonio on the road this Saturday, Oct. 20. Kickoff is at 6 p.m.

tough loss at home to Rio Hondo College

Warriors forward Nalleli Mendoza boots the ball vs Rio Hondo College on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at EC. .......................................................................................... Mari Inagaki/ Union As the game progressed, both teams started to get restless and more aggressive. Rio Hondo had five fouls against them in the second half, and EC had two. EC’s last foul on them helped Rio Hondo make their last goal from forward, Nicole Chavez

(No.2) in the 89th minute, ending the game with a 4-0 victory for the Roadrunners. EC’s overall performance could’ve been better, said EC defender, Kimberly Bernal (No.7). “We could’ve done better as a team, communicate more,” Bernal said. “We’ve had more challenging

teams before, I feel like we’ve done better in past games and this game was just not our day. The effort was there, but it was not at our 100 percent.” EC’s next game will be Friday, Oct. 19, at Mt. San Antonio College. Kick-off is at 2 p.m.

Men’s soccer team endures fourth loss of the season Warriors fall to Rio Hondo Esteban Mendez Staff Writer @ECCUnionEsteban

EC midfielder Jean-Pierre Dejean-Macksa fights off Rio Hondo defender on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at El Camino College. Darwyn Samayoa/ Union

he Warriors suffered their fourth defeat of the season on Tuesday, Oct. 16, in a tough game against the Rio Hondo College Roadrunners. In the first half, the momentum swayed back and forth between the two teams. The Warriors played a convincing offense however, getting plenty of time near their opponents goalpost but not quite finishing the job. Tensions began to mount after the Warriors midfielder, Jean-Pierre Dejean Macksa, was involved in numerous fouls and soon received a yellow card less than half an hour into the game.

At the half, the score was zero all. The second half of the game began just as close as the first half as both teams struggled to get past each others defense. It was at the 58th minute that a Roadrunners midfielder, Andres Salazar scored a goal on the Warriors with the assist from his teammate Jonathan Ortiz. Macksa was again involved in numerous fouls during the second half and he was eventually pulled out of the game at the 59th minute. The game continued on with the Roadrunners playing to maintain their lead and the Warriors taking more shots at the goalpost. When time ran out and the game was done the Rio Hondo College Roadrunners claimed victory over the EC Warriors, 1-0. Warriors midfielder, Stanely Torres, said that the team “did well”

but “couldn’t finish their plays.” No one watching the game could argue that either team played anything but well as the game remained competitive throughout. “It was a hard game against a very good team” said Michael Jacobson, head coach of the Warriors. Jacobson said that Rio Hondo College has an established soccer program and that EC is trying to cultivate a similar program. When asked about Macksa’s removal, Jacobson said, “He was close to getting a second yellow card; meaning the next card means you’re out. I pulled Macksa out of the game so we wouldn’t wind up down a player.” The Warriors season record is now (5-4-4) and their next game will be at Mt. San Antonio College on Friday, Oct. 19 at 4 p.m.

SPORTS

10 EL CAMINO COLLEGE UNION

OCT. 18, 2018

PLAYER’S CORNER The Union reporters polled EC athletes and a team manager on what their favoroite pregame song is right now

Hunter Williams Football Wide Receiver “Big Banc Uchies” by Drakeo the Ruler

Curtis McWright Men’s Basketball Team Manager

Mikayla Clark Women’s Volleyball Outside Hitter

Jean-Pierre Macksa Men’s Soccer Forward

“No Cap” by Future

“Lose Yourself” by Eminem

“I’m a real 1” by YG

Sports Calendar: Here’s What’s on Deck from Oct. 18 to Oct. 31

S M T W T F S 14

18 WOMEN’S WATER POLO: CUESTA at EL CAMINO 4:30 p.m.

19 MEN’S WATER POLO:

EC vs SOUTHWESTERN at SANTA MONICA COLLEGE at 10:10 a.m. and 1:20 p.m. WOMEN’S SOCCER: EC at MT. SAN ANTONIO at 2 p.m. MEN’S SOCCER: EC at MT. SAN ANTONIO at 4 p.m.

FOOTBALL: EC at MT. SAN ANTONIO at Covina District Field at 6 p.m.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL: EC at CHAFFEY at 6 p.m.

23 WOMEN’S SOCCER: CHAFFEY at EC at 2 p.m. MEN’S SOCCER: CHAFFEY at EC at 4 p.m.

WOMEN’S WATER POLO: EC at PASADENA CITY at 3 p.m. WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL: RIO HONDO at EC at 6 p.m. ONE LOVE FOUNDATION NIGHT

30 WOMEN’S SOCCER: EC at LA Harbor at 2 p.m. MEN’S SOCCER: EC at LA Harbor at 4 p.m.

31 WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL: CERRITOS at EC at 6 p.m. HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST NIGHT

CROSS COUNTRY:

at SOUTH COAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS - ALL DAY

MEN’S WATER POLO:

EC at MERCED at 10:20 a.m. EC vs TBA at TBA SADDLEBACK TOURNAMENT at SADDLEBACK COLLEGE

WOMEN’S SOCCER:

LONG BEACH at EC at 2 p.m. MEN’S SOCCER: LONG BEACH at EC at 4 p.m

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL: EC at MT. SAN ANTONIO at 6 p.m. “SOPHOMORE NIGHT”

MEN’S WATER POLO: EC vs TBA SADDLEBACK TOURNAMENT at SADDLEBACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL: PALOMAR at EC at 6 p.m.