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UCLA campus tour scheduled tomorrowLooking forward seeing what the UCLA campus looks like? A tour that may get you acquainted with the University will take place. This is an off campus event for more information please visit the Transfer/Career Center to get info on the tour.

Campus closed Monday for holidayCampus will be closed on Monday in observance of Veteran’s Day. Vet-erans Day was originally known as “Armistice Day” after World War I ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918.

CSU application workshop to take placeStudents interested in learning about how to fill out their CSU applications can attend the appli-cation workshop. There will be a CSU application workshop. In-terested students may contact the Transfer Center at 310-660-3408.

Nursing Information workshop

For students planning to be nurses, there will be training at the Distance Education Center on Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. A workshop/training for students will be sponsored. For more in-formation, contact Janice Ish-kawa at 310-660-3458, ext. 3433.

Last day to transfer with a “W”

The last day to drop with a “W” is Nov. 16. Students may do so by logging on to the EC website and clicking on MyECC. Reminder that because of changes to class repeat-ability, students will only be permit-ed to retake a class two times, which includes any “W” grade.

By Victor Liptzin

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ARTS, PAGE 6: ANTHROPOLOGY MUSEUM REVAMPS ITS LOOK

Writing Center offers free printingKaren GarciaUnion Intern

The Writing Center will be providing free printing for students until the end of the semester.

“Due to (lack of) funding the center suffered budget cuts that affected our ability to provide the service to the stu-dents,” Isel Chavarria, receptionist for the Writing Center, said.

This fall, semester the Writing Center received money which “made it possible to reinstate the service,” Chavarria said.

“We received a grant from the Gradu-ation Initiative program that also funds

many other programs on campus,” Bar-bra Budrovich, computer lab director for the Writing Center and professor of Eng-lish, said.

Budrovich said she believed that the students will benefit from this free ser-vice “especially now that it is that time for research papers to be written” but the service only lasts until the end of this semester which ends on Dec. 14. Print-ing is now limited to just student written essays, outlines associated with the essay and essay assignment sheets. Students who are enrolled in the English 80 read-ing classes can print their reading score for free with this service as well.

If a student wishes to utilize the free service, it is now required that he or she must bring any or all files to be printed on their flash drive; the files cannot be printed from their email. Although there are a few new regulations for the use of the free printing service, one student ex-pressed her gratitude toward the return of the service.

That’s really awesome, since the 10 cents they charge at the Library really adds up, it’s great,” Jaqueline Samad, 19, psy-chology major, said.

Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday: 7 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. and Friday 1:30 - 7:40 p.m.

Students to experience Muslim culture through Hijab dayKarly DaquilaStaff Writer

To some, it may only be a scarf, but to others it is a symbol of their rights.

On Nov. 15, the Muslim Student Associa-tion will be giving students the opportunity to live one day in another person’s shoes, or in this case scarf, to know what it is like to wear a hijab on a day-to-day basis.

“Due to the media or misconceptions, peo-ple think that Muslim women don’t have as many rights as men or that we’re oppressed, hijab day will teach them about Muslim wom-en’s rights,” Raissa Kahlil, 20, president of Muslim Students Association (MSA), said.

The whole point of the experiment is to help women understand the role of women in Is-lam, she added.

“As Muslim women, we’re given a lot of rights, Hijab Day is about understanding those

rights and the importance of upholding those rights as men and women,” she said.

Students will be able to participate by com-ing by the MSA table on Nov. 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sabrina Farah, 20, vice president of MSA said.

“We will provide the scarves as well as show those who choose to participate how to wrap them and discuss the meanings and mannerisms behind wearing the hijab,” Kahlil said.

Wearing a hijab is a choice that many Mus-lim women choose to honor God and them-selves as they grow to understand themselves as Muslim women.

Farrah said that the reason for wearing a hi-jab isn’t about the covering of their hair, but about manners.

“First it is to obey God, Allah told men and women to be modest,” Farah said. “Modesty isn’t about covering your hair or your chest

area; it’s about how you interact with other people. I still have my character and my per-sonality, I still am myself, but it has its time and place.”

Heelai Shinwari, member of MSA said that since she started wearing the scarf she feels that she represents other muslim women.

“If I act in a bad way, other people look bad because of me so I try and calm myself down,” Shinwari said.

Those who participate in Hijab Day will be encouraged to attend a MSA meeting to share their experiences with the members of MSA, Khalil said.

“People see us wearing the hijab but they may not know why we wear it. I think that some people may judge and if someone is put in our shoes they may think twice about some-thing they say, do, or think,” Shinwari said. Philip Prins/ Union

Forensics fundraiser open to allSarah BremmeStaff Writer

Due to heavy budget cuts ear-lier this year, the forensics team has scheduled a fundraising event on Wednesday which will feature the competitive speech talents of team members.

Having a fundraising event is nothing new for forensics team members, who typically plan events like these for its depart-ment. However this time around the team is extending their invita-tion to any and all interested stu-

dents, at the price of $10 a ticket.“We usually get $3,000 from

our department alone, we would like to think that we could double that,” Francesca Bishop, director of forensics, said.

If the team does succeed in raising $6,000 from the fund-raiser, its plan to use the funds to attend one of the few four-year college debates that would otherwise have been cut from the schedule. The competition, the Sunset Cliffs Classic in San Diego, is “the biggest four-year competition we go to and is one

of the only times students get to see four-year teams,” Bishop said.

Attending four-year debates like the Sunset Cliffs Classic may require the extra effort of a fundraiser, but Bishop said that it would be beneficial to the team in more ways than just a chance to hone their skills.

“We frequently have team members receive scholarships from these four-year universities, and it’s an important chance to be seen by a national audience,” she said.

Thomas Schmit Staff Writer

In a significant victory for the college, voters passed both Proposition 30 and Bond Measure E Tuesday, reducing the financial burden upon the college and allowing the completion of several un-finished construction projects.

“All of us in education in California were very relieved, and that’s probably an understatement,” Tom Lew, dean of Humanities, said of Proposition 30’s passage.

Tax initiative Proposition 30, which increases sales taxes by a quarter cent for the next four years and income taxes on the wealthy for the next seven years, is promised to provide $210 million to Cali-fornia’s Community College system and narrowly passed with just 53 percent of the vote.

“We’re all celebrating today, because last night California came to its senses and put a halt to the catastrophic budget cuts that run contrary to the state’s best interest,” Constance Carroll, San Diego Community College District Chancellor said.

While the majority of the money will be used to pay back deferred funds to community colleges with EC receiving about $840,000, a small portion will be used to increase class sizes throughout the community college system, Brice Harris, Califor-nia Community College chancellor, said.

“We estimate that this will open up access to 20,000 students statewide,” Harris said during a press conference yesterday.

While it’s hard to say yet what the exact amount

of funds going directly to EC will be, the college had planned to cut nearly $7 million from the bud-get, as well as 250 sections from the spring semes-ter if Proposition 30 failed to pass, Lance Widman, Academic Senate vice president of finance and special projects, said.

“If we had to accommodate a deep, deep budget cut, then the result would be cancellation of sec-tions beginning with the spring semester and then start focusing on next year,” Lew added.

However, Lew cautioned students that despite Proposition 30’s passage, the community college system would not soon return to the level of fund-ing it enjoyed in 2008.

“There needs to be awareness to the students and the college that times will be lean, but the passing of proposition 30 makes the job easier,” Lew said.

Harris echoed those sentiments in yesterday’s press conference.

“This is not a great deal of money, but it does stop the bleeding and it begins to put us on the pathway to opening access again,” Harris said.

To put those numbers in perspective, while $160 million of the $210 million will be used to pay back money deferrals, in the last four years almost $900 million of state funding has been deferred to com-munity colleges, Harris said.

Measure E however, is a facilities bond measure specific to EC, which will provide $350 million to the school in order to make improvements to the campus, as well as renovations to the Library and Marsee Auditorium. It passed with support of 67 percent of the district’s voters.

“Measure E really is an investment for the fu-

ture and the people in the district understood the value of EC in the community,” Dilan Horton, As-sociated Students Organization vice president said. “We saw how that value came out with the way they voted.”

According to a letter from Tom Fallo, president of EC, “Measure E funding will upgrade build-ings and classroom technology for 21st century job training and transfer preparation, and fund ef-ficiency advancements for significant cost and en-ergy savings.”

These energy saving improvements will include thermal dual pane windows and insulated doors, as well as new heating, ventilation and air condition-ing (HVAC) systems for every building.

In all, the improvements should save the college nearly $1 million annually in utility costs, accord-ing to the college’s website.

However, this victory for education didn’t hap-pen by itself, points out Lew.

“Twenty-eight percent of the voters were 18-29 years old, which means that the students got out there and had their voices heard, too,” Lew said.

Harris also noticed the large turnout of young voters and offered his own words of encourage-ment to student voters.

“This democracy in which you participated re-ally does work, you got behind this measure, you rallied up and down the state and then you went to the polls,” Harris said. “Your involvement may well have been the margin of success for this mea-sure.”

To get more information on the facilities bond projects visit www.eccunion.com.

Student voter turnout assures passsage of Proposition 30 and Measure E

Raissa Khalil, 20, nursing major, and Sabrina Farrah, 19, public health major, choose to wear hijabs (scarves covering the hair and neck) as part of their Muslim faith.

*Kinesiology and Fitness Complex Replacement $79.2 million

*Counseling and Student Support Services Building Replacement $40.4 million

*Administrative Functions Building Replacement $18.6 million

*Music, Theater and Arts Complex $115.8 million

*Marsee Auditorium Renovation $27.4 million

*Library Renovation $32.8 million

Where the money of Measure E will go

ON THE SCENEBy Rigo Bonilla

Theatre

Comedic theater show

“Noises Off,” a comedic the-ater presentation written by Mi-cheal Frayne and directed by Luke Yankee, will be at the Cam-pus Theater. The cost is $15. The final three shows will be tomor-row, Friday and Sunday. This play contains some mature lan-guage. Children under 5 years of age will not be permitted in theatre department productions. For more information, interested persons may contact the Ticket Office at 310-781-7171.

Music

Symphonic Jazz Orchestra performance

Tomorrow, the 67-member Symphonic Jazz Orchestra will be performing at the Marsee Au-ditorium for its 10th anniversary concert. The SJO includes Acad-emy and Grammy Award win-ning composer and pianist, Dave Grusin. The concert will be at 8 p.m. For more information and to purchase VIP and student dis-count tickets, interested persons may call the Ticket Office at 310-329-5345.

Books

Meeting with author of Chinese graphic novel

A free meet and greet with author David H. Wong will be sponsored at the Katy Geissert Civic Center Library Commu-nity Meeting Room. The event will take place Saturday at 2 p.m. Wong will be promoting his new graphic novel, “Escape to Gold Mountain,” which is said to be the first graphic novel about Chinese heritage in the U.S. For more information, interested per-sons may call 310-618-5959.

Dance

Humanitarian dance fundraiser and dinner

The Mandaluyong Civic Group of Southern California (Mandal-cal) is hosting its 23rd anniver-sary dance dinner. It will be to-morrow at the Double Tree Hotel in Torrance from 6-10 p.m. The event is to support Mandalcal’s humanitarian projects. It will be $55 to attend. For more informa-tion, intersted persons may call 818-613-8530.

Live music

Sakura Chorus 30th anniversary concert

The Sakura Chorus is continu-ing a tradition of hosting a con-cert every five years to showcase its growth as a group. The event will take place Sunday at 2 p.m. at the James Armstrong Theatre at 3330 Civic Center Drive. Ad-mission will be $10. For more information, interested persons may call 310-781-7171.

Live music

Red Hot Skillet Lickers

Lavay Smith and The Red Hot Skillet Lickers will be perform-ing Nov. 16 at the Torrance Cul-tural Arts Center. The eight-piece band play jazz and blues from the ‘40s and ‘50s. The event is at 8 p.m. Tickets are $32.50 or $29.50 for season subscribers. For more information, interested peoples can contact the Ticket Office at 310-781-7171.

Arts and crafts

Senior citizens holiday arts and crafts sale

The Bartlett Senior Center will be hosting its annual holiday fair on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. It is located at the Ken Miller Recreation Center. For more information, interested persons may call 310-320-5918.

ARTS

Sculpture artist creates unique creatureRigo BonillaArts Editor

As the artist mounts his horse, a small crowd gathers in admiration for the creator of the sculpture.

Joseph Fernandez, 35, arts major, created the horse. It’s just one of his many sculp-tures that are featured from places like Long Beach, Downtown L.A. and Pasadena to the Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

“It’s beautiful,” Atheseus Jauregui, 21, psychology major said. “It (the horse) has been to all the colleges around here. It’s part of the family.”

The horse has become somewhat of a ce-lebrity in the courtyard next to the Behavioral Sciences Building be-cause Fernandez has managed to accom-plish one of the hardest things for an artist: in-volve the audience.

“It was complete when people painted on it,” said Fernandez. “I lay out paint and let people do what they want. It’s kind of a live scrapbook.”

After Fernandez dismounted the horse, Jauregui was ecstatic to have permission from Fernandez to climb on himself and have a friend snap some photos from a smartphone.

Fernandez, who began his career as an artist after eight years in the Navy, now finds himself rocking the boat in the art community.

“I was doing engines in the Navy,” Fer-nandez said. “It’s a 360 from being an en-gineman and cleaning up diesels and then going to art. I still think it’s fate. It’s very surreal that I’m making sculptures now.”

There is a different state of mind that turns the world into an artist’s playground for Fernandez.

“I work with whatever I have around

me,” Fernandez said. “That way, I’ll always be able to make art whether I make pieces out of clay, buy the pieces, or find them in the trash. It’s just the ability to make art. That’s what I concern myself with.”

Prominent themes in Fernandez’s art are the recycling of what some would consider trash into an immortalized sculpture.

“I find stuff in the trash, at swap meets, or there have been times when a house is foreclosed and everything inside it is up for grabs,” Fernandez said. “It’s like giving an object a second life. I want to make some-thing that’s timeless.”

Fernandez would like to have a future filled with green art.

“There’s a lot of waste. Waste goes hand in hand with not being ac-countable for anything,” Fernandez said. “To be ac-countable for something is truthful. When I make art, I’m accountable because in 200 years, it will still be here because of the mate-

rials I used. I am able to look at a bronze sculpture that is 2,000 years old with adora-tion for the craftsmanship. I want to contrib-ute in that way also.”

Fernandez’s work has already made an impression with the campus community with his horse. He said he would “like it to stay.”

“It’s always here,” Sierra Jayasinghe, 18, general studies major, said. “We’ve all just kind of gotten used to it. We all interact with it when we’re playing hacky sack.”

The main goal for Fernandez is just make successful art and be the best artist he can be.

“Every little dream is part of a big dream,” Fernandez said. “My goal, after committing to something, is just to know that my commitment was fruitful. I feel something happening. If I was a mechanic and everyone told me I was good, I’d try to be the best mechanic in the world.” Philip Prins/ Union

Joeseph Fernandez, 35, art sculpture major, sits atop his horse in the Behavioral Sciences Building courtyard.

Anthropology museum re-opens Sarah BremmeStaff Writer

Recent renovations to the Anthropology Museum on the third floor of the Behav-ioral Sciences Building al-lowed the showroom to open last week with a new martial arts exhibit.

“I took over the museum in 1996,” Blair Gibson, direc-tor of the museum, said. “The museum was established in 1972 and a lot of the facilities date to that. I’ve been wor-ried about electrical fires and pollution from melting plas-tic. We’ve had meltdowns of light fixtures.”

After the upgrades, the opening exhibit was a com-bination of martial arts and Day of the Dead art, but it changes today.

The next theme will be about early humanity from neanderthals until the iron age, Misa Valle, who was the curator and organizer for the martial arts exhibit, said.

All of the new exhibits will be better protected than in the past.

“We once had a Guate-

malan statue split and many wooden objects deteriorate,” Gibson said. “It forces us to work with institutions whose standards aren’t as high and borrow items that aren’t as fragile.”

Humidity and tempera-ture are mostly to blame for such occurrences of damage and institutions’ refusal to donate to the museum.

The location of the mu-seum on the third floor of the Behavioral Sciences Build-ing also causes its share of problems.

“The air conditioning shuts off on the weekend and makes the heat rise,” Gibson said. “It gets very hot, which is not good for artifacts.”

The museum has also struggled for a long time with a claustrophobic work-room, which does not provide enough space for students in the museum studies class to prepare artifacts for display.

“We have to carry large objects like plywood up the stairs because they don’t fit in the elevator,” Gibson said.

Gibson said that students frequently need to do a lot

the actual work and lifting in walkways or classrooms and that it’s at times difficult for him to assist due to “teach-ing five classes in the fall while trying to plan and run the gallery.”

However, the passage of a bond a few years ago has made money available to put towards improvements for the museum. So far, $75,000 in cases and $10,000 in moving walls have been in-stalled, which will help Gib-son and his students to better organize exhibits for visitors and protect artifacts.

“The cases were custom-made for us and the glass lids have a powerful glue that was sealed with UV radiation. They have wheels which makes them easier to work with,” Gibson added.

Handling of the equip-ment can at times be an ardu-ous task,” Gibson said. “Glass display-case tops must be removed with industrial suction-cups and a consider-able amount of coordination and moving walls require at least four people to carry them. However, Gibson said

that the museum studies stu-dents “are doing a great job.”

Although the museum, Gibson, and his students still must deal with humidity, light and temperature prob-lems, he hopes that at some point the museum could be re-located to the first floor.

“If the new bond passes, the Gallery could be moved down to the ground floor which would eliminate a lot of our problems,” Gibson said. “The environment is easier to maintain and it has easier access.”

For now, the museum will

continue upgrading so that the museum can obtain better exhibits and so students can continue learning from first- hand examples.

“It’s fun,” Oliver Bedolla, who helps install new exhib-its, said.

Philip Prins/ UnionVarious combat blades and weaponry is displayed at the martial arts exhibit in the anthropology museum on the third floor of the Behavioral Sciences Building. This was the opening exhibit in the recently renovated showroom.

Soul resurrected at Brooklyn’s Daptone Records Rigo BonillaArts Editor

As trumpets and saxophones sway from left to right and the crisp snare drum cracks, a hypnotic hold takes the listener back 40 years to the streets of Brooklyn.

The Menahan Street Band, a soul ensemble signed to the independent Daptone record label, released its sophomore album, “The Crossing,” on Oct. 30.

Menahan is the grease to keep the wheels of the music industry turning. Not to mention keeping legs on the dance floor moving. With hip-hop producers running out of oldies to sample, Menahan is providing fresh soul and funk as if it was preserved in a time capsule long ago.

Fellow Brooklynite Jay-Z sam-pled Menahan for his smash hit “Roc Boys (and the winner is…),” which was declared the No. 1 single

of the year by Rolling Stone maga-zine in 2007, according to dapton-erecords.com.

According to whosampled.com, Menahan has also been sampled by the likes of Kid Cudi, 50 Cent, Kendrick Lamar, Gucci Mane and MF Doom.

The song “Three Faces,” which can be found as the fourth track of the album, is very fitting for a group that finds itself producing three dif-ferent styles in a single album.

One vibe that MSB possesses is a sweet-as-honey soul sound that’s laced with nostalgia, like in the song “Everyday A Dream.”

Another sound Menahan has is the bluesy heart-wrencher. This style was perfected by backing the 64-year-old Charles Bradley in his debut album, “No Time for Dream-ing,” a soul-stirring tale of struggle and perseverance.

Menahan often changes its style by going on the offensive with

heavy-hitting bruisers. Songs like “Slight Of Hand” and the single “Lights Out” seem to belong in ‘70s action movies with horns that bellow like ornery elephants and guitar cords that cut like samurai blades. With drumbeats as gritty as hip-hop’s Wu-Tang Clan, a three-minute song could leave a listener feeling as if they’ve just survived a 12-round boxing battle.

Any single style could attract someone to MSB, but the listener will return for the classic technical production and a dedication to great instrumental music that is charac-teristic of Daptone records, whose studios use old school methods to achieve an old school sound.

“We do all of our stuff here on analog tapes. That’s the sound we get. Our editing as well, we do with razor blades and splicing tape,” Neil Sugarman, co-founder of Daptone records, said in an interview with MTV. Courtesy of Motormouthmedia

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Proposition 30 restores hope for the future of educationAs people eagerly waited for

the passage or failure of Proposi-tion 30 last Tuesday, students an-ticipated the fate of their academic future.

Would there be more cuts, ob-stacles and huge hurdles to earn-ing a college degree, or would there once again be support from our peers and the community?

Students and professors can take a deep breath of relief now that Proposition 30 has passed.

According to the huffington-post.com, the credit for the pas-sage of the proposition went to the youth who voted.

But despite the age of those who voted for the proposition, stu-dents and faculty can be thankful to the passing of the proposition.

Had it failed, the cuts would have directly hurt California’s middle-class, working families, children and college students the most.

According to the California Secretary of State’s website, com-munity colleges could’ve expected a shared reduction of more than $6 billion. Directly affecting the en-rollment of students in the upcom-ing 2012-2013 school year.

In addition to the reductions

to funding for community col-leges, there would have been a $150 increase in California State University fees per semester, $375 million in cuts to the University of California system and the elimi-nation of $20 million in state aid to city police departments, ac-cording to an article in the lat-

imes.com.Proposition 30’s security of ad-

ditional funding for community colleges shouldn’t deter students from continuing to take action with their educational path and staying committed to their educa-tion.

Students should continue to plan out their classes in advance, knowing which classes to take

that will accomplish a transfer to a four-year institution or an aca-demic degree.

There are never any guarantees in life, and, as current students have experienced class enroll-ment reductions, students should continue to not drop educational classes needed for their degrees.

Meeting with a counselor, tak-ing initiative toward and being aware of which classes are offered during specific semesters will help in continuing on a linear path to success.

For the next seven years, Prop-osition 30 will help fund our com-munity colleges, according to bal-lotpedia.org.

It will allow more student ad-mission into the California State University system without the need to increase tuition, above the already 9 percent increase, according to the Community Co-alition Movement Organization’s website.

Future EC students and those transferring to universities will have a greater chance of succeed-ing in their educational goal.

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Illustration by Jorge Maldonado

The Writing Center on the first floor of the Humanities Build-ing has recently announced that it will be providing free printing for the rest of the semester once more.

It’s surprising and welcome to see a service on campus changing its policy in favor of the student.

It seems that the more com-mon trend is to trim the fat and make due with less.

It’s all of the small things in the life of a student that can equal success or failure in the long run.

Needing $1 in quarters for the bus can in turn mean not being able to print out that essay.

Not being able to print out an essay could mean failing a class.

Printing out a few pages might not be that drastic every time, but

it’s a small gesture that can go a long way.

While many things are getting harder on campus, something as small as not having to worry about paying for printing can be quite comforting and know-ing that there’s someone there to help if a problem occurs can be a beautiful thing.

Everyone has had that dreaded last minute printer failure. The night before a big paper is due a home printer can be subject to all kinds of bad luck and voodoo.

And what’s more satisfying than the word free?

Everything like food or text-books is getting so expensive; go-ing into a quiet room with a per-sonal computer, a little privacy, a reliable printer and not having to

fork over some money is as sweet a deal as any student is going to get in today’s school system.

This election season has had many students’ futures hanging in the balance.

The possible failure of Propo-sition 30, a proposition that would temporarily increase sales taxes to relieve stress on the severely underfunded California school system, has already had many campus divisions preparing for the worst as if there was a giant hurricane about to strike the West Coast as well.

Luckily, Proposition 30 has passed.

It seems as if California’s schools have dodged a bullet and everyone can come out and look at the sun again.

The students and faculty that have been promoting Proposition 30 have found a way to secure their schools for a while longer.

A little security can go a long way for the morale of freshman that might not see the light at the end of the tunnel yet.

With counselors as over-booked as a One Direction con-cert, it wouldn’t be a shocker to see cash deposits required for an appointment.

The question on a lot of stu-dents’ minds is “what are we go-ing to have to pay for next?”

In the grand scheme of things a few sheets of paper isn’t going to financially make or break any institution, but like everything: it adds up.

That’s why the free printing is

appreciated, because it adds up.Because of the free priting, the

Writing Center has now seen a influx of students using their ser-vices.

The Center operates computer services Monday through Thurs-days 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., providing services for those who attend eve-ning classes.

With the free printing now be-ing offered it allows students an-other opportunity to succeed in their classes.

The service also allows the Writing Center to meet its goal of helping and assisting student success.

Hopefully, free printing is just one of the many services that EC begins to offer and continues to offer for free.

Students can sense the way the tide is moving.

Prices are only going up. To see something become free and provided for by the college con-jures up a little hope.

Hope, as what our re-elected president, Barack Obama has been inspring the majority of stu-dents within the last four years.

Since he has been granted an-other four years to continue what he started, hope only continues to grow and it starts to become the physical manifestation of success for our country and schools.

Community college students can regularly be found studying, working, and supporting fami-lies; any help is a big help.

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The Issue• Proposition 30 passes.

Our Stand• Proposition 30 provides

hope for EC and future EC students.

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CAMPUS INSIGHT

The Academic Technology Committee (ATC) is a campus -wide committee that focuses on just that, the academic tech-nology needs of the campus. Representatives from all divi-sions and all levels sit on this committee.

Technology at EC has come a long way since I first stepped on campus in 1997. Back then, there were just a handful of computer classrooms. Now, not only does every division have computer class-rooms, but most classrooms have computers and projectors that professors can use. Once the new Math, Business, Allied Health Building opens, hundreds more computers will be available for classroom and lab use.

The original Measure E is mainly responsible for this technology boom. It has provided the funds to purchase the hardware and software that stu-dents and teachers use to prepare them for today’s workforce.

However, most people don’t realize that tech-nology is a hungry beast. It constantly needs to be fed: maintenance, updates, and replacements. Therefore, its primary diet is money, not only for software and hardware, but for support staff, the often hidden cost of technology. EC struggles with

this animal as Measure E funds can’t be used to hire the technicians and engineers needed to main-tain the technology infrastructure we currently have and the one we are still building.

Currently, the ATC is working on some exciting projects. Our first project is a campus wide stu-dent technology survey. We want to find out how students are currently using technology, what tech-nology they are using and where they are using it. Soon after we’re done, we’ll be surveying the fac-ulty in the same manner.

The ATC is planning a technology summit on March 29, 2013. We are inviting various vendors to showcase their cutting edge pedagogical tech-nology.

Finally, with all of this information, we plan to work with the Campus Technology Committee to write a plan that will map EC’s technological fu-ture, a map not written in stone but digitally, so that it too can be updated as needed much like a student’s status on any given social media.

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COMMENTARY

Energy drinks have become overwhelmingly popular across college campuses nationwide.

It’s a million dollar industry with brands most people between the ages of 13 and 32 can easily recognize.

Of course, some would argue that energy drinks are a daily basis essential. We all know that student who shows up to class every morning with a McDon-alds frappe or a Starbucks, or know a friend who abuses the likes of a 5-hour Energy or a can of Mon-ster to get through last-minute cram sessions.

There are more than 500 different brands of en-ergy drinks on the market today, and that’s not count-ing the new “energy shot” fad or other sources of caf-feine students use, like coffees or teas.

According to Bevnet, “the official site for the bev-erage industry,” the top six brands of this year so far have been, in order: Red Bull, Monster, Rockstar, Nos, Amp, and Full Throttle.

It’s apparent that Monster energy drinks are all about making a statement – there are cars in the EC parking lot which bear Monster stickers, which also pop up now and again on binder covers or around campus.

Red Bull was the original energy drink to burst onto the market in 2006, although when compared to

younger brands targeted specifically at high school and college students nowadays, it seems to be losing steam.

Whether or not students agree with the images those brands are exuding, most of them who use en-ergy drinks will usually have a preferred brand, ex-plaining that one kind of energy drink tastes better or worse than another.

It all seems a bit strange, considering that energy drinks aren’t meant to be about branding, popularity, or taste; they’re mostly intended for fighting fatigue and restoring alertness.

Students who may have more than one energy drink per day, can look forward to jitters, anxiety, mood swings and heart palpitations, according to ev-erydiet.org

Of course, it all depends on the brand and the amounts of ounces consumed – Red Bull has 80mg of caffeine, about as much as a small cup of cof-fee, while most Rockstar varieties shoot up into the 240mg range, with Nos reaching up to 260mg of caf-feine.

According to the caffeine database at Energy-Fiend, a grande Americano at Starbucks is 225mg of caffeine, so picking up that hot coffee every morning could end up be just as damaging.

One thing is for sure – energy drinks, coffees, and teas will not be vanishing from campus any time soon.

Pete MarcouxEnglish Professor

Sarah BremmeStaff Writer

Education and techonology fuse in the future Dependency on energy drinks stays the

EL CAMINO COLLEGEUNION

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CAMPUS CORNER

By Coree Heard

Paul Kiroka is entering his first term as president. The club meets every Thursday from 1 - 1:30 p.m. in the Social Science Building in Room 205.

What are the requirements to become a member?

For a general member, there are no requirements. For the cabi-net members GPA and an ASB sticker are a part of the require-ments.

What is the benefit of being a part of the club?

The club accepts students for who they are. It allows you to be more active on campus, for example, service work and fun-draisers.

Does being a part of the history club look good on college applications?

It does look good, but the key is the involvement. There is a dif-ference in a member and an ac-tive member.

What and when is the next event?

At the end of November we plan on having a book sale fundraiser for the Southeast Asia school fundraiser project.

What do you recommend to future members?

I would recommend taking Communication 6, which teach-es you how to be a leader.

What do you want people to know about history?

There is something in history that everyone could be a part of.

What do you like most about the club?

It’s really laid back and I like that the club is open to every-one, no matter what race, age or major.

Does the history club benefit the community?

Yes. We help schools in other countries through raising money and donating school supplies.

What makes the history club important?

The club is accessible to every-one and there is something in history that everyone could be apart of.

Paul KirokaPresident

History Club

Carbon footprint and greenhouse gases are causes for concernCOLUMN

While one side of the U.S. has taken a beating by Superstorm Sandy, I’m flooded with plastic and paper coffee cups in my car. Something is wrong here.

A few years ago, my sister went to see Al Gore’s film “An Inconvenient Truth” for a class when she was attending EC. I remember her telling me about the film and being scared at the thought of New York potentially being under water.

Look at us now; I guess Al Gore was right.

After Superstorm Sandy,

groups that at one time did not believe in global warming are swallowing their pride and taking in the reality that climate change is not something from a science fiction disaster film.

The U.S. Congress has been known to ridicule international efforts to deal with of climate change. What I have noticed over the last few years, is that human impact on the environment is di-rectly affecting us in a negative way.

Because of the slew of natural disasters within the past several years, global warming is becom- ing a daunting reality, thanks to greenhouse gases.

Greenhouse gases are gases that trap heat in the air, such as carbon dioxide, which enters the atmosphere through burning coal, natural gas and oils and nitrous oxide, which is emitted during industrial and agricultural activi- ties, according to the Environ-

mental Protection Agency.Some of the solutions to cli-

mate change seem impossible feats for the average student. For example like funding clean en-ergy initiatives for developing countries, or saving tropical for-ests.

There are ways that us 20-somethings can make our planet a little greener, healthier and safer by simply reducing our carbon footprints.

A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases pro-duced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usu-ally expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide, according to timeforchange.org.

By purchasing items that are fair trade, you can be certain that they have been grown or crafted in ways that are eco-friendly. If it’s locally grown, it didn’t have to travel far, which also cuts back on the fossil fuel emissions of the

vehicle which was used for trans- porting your food, coffee, or even cotton T-shirts.

Something that I really need to work on is cutting back on the disposable cups and water bottles that I use.

I am a total coffee junkie and I cannot cut that out completely. For those of you who cannot live without an iced coffee or latte. Purchase a reusable tumbler and tote that around rather than throwing away dozens of cups.

Coffee shops even knock off an extra 10 cents if you bring in your own cups.

With the rise of gas prices over the last month or two, one cannot help but cringe when filling up on the way to school.

An obvious cutback on your carbon footprint is by carpooling with a friend to school or work if possible as that will cut back on the carbon emissions by half.

“Between 2002 and 2012,

vehicle miles traveled by drive- alone commuters will increase by at least 15 percent, generating an additional 43 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) annu- ally,” according to the Environ- mental Protection Agency.

By making small changes such as these to our daily lives, we can create a change that will posi-tively affect our planet on a local, national and even global level.

Karly DaquilaStaff Writer

4 El Camino College Union November 8, 2012 OPINION

For the majority of students, the semes-ter system is undoubtly more conducive to learning.

Several universities agree.According to an article on insidehigh-

ered.com, the University of Cincinnati, and Ohio State University changed from a quarter system to a semester.

California State University Los Ange-les wants to make the switch from quarter to semester system. The university’s joint senate of deans, students and faculty voted to recommend a switch to semester, and the campus president approved it accord-ing to an article on insidehighered.com.

These universities saw the need to con-vert to the semester system as they saw the advantages outweigh the quarter system.

The quarter system is 10 weeks plus one week of finals, a fast-paced education-al materials and evaluation. The semester system is 16 weeks of educational instruc-tions and evaluation.

Semesters allow courses to contain a more in-depth look at subject material that gives students the opportunity to develop better understanding of the courses and gives them sufficient time to focus on their work.

According to an a article on fox19.com, an associated design professor, Bridget O’Kane, at the University of Cincinnati, said that adopting the semester system gave it’s students equal time to hone their craft like that of their competitors.

Under this system, the students were not only allowed enough time to read and study their materials, but professors to gauge the efficacy of their teaching meth-od as well as the level of students’ learning in a given class.

According to xatal.com, the length of a semester gives students more time to make up class work and get the hang of things, plus if students like to procrastinate, the amount of time makes it easier.

Although the quarter system is said to allow students to take more classes. The semester system makes sure that the edu-cation the students are getting is well ex-plained and well understood.

At the end of the day, it’s a matter of quality over quantity. It’s how well the stu-dent retains the information.

It’s time for students to start paying attention to the ongoing debate over the choice between semester and quarter sys-tems.

It’s important to consider all possibili-ties that open up opportunities for students to get the classes they need.

In a quarter system, the academic year

would be divided into three or four grad-ing periods rather than two. This can be an advantage for students, giving them an extra chance to boost their GPA, and to try and get into more high demand classes like English, math, and science.

Whereas the semester system has a full load of 4 to 5 classes, a quarter systems full load is 3 to 4. Three times a year, that small amount of courses can add up, stu-dents will go through more classes in a shorter time.

The fast pace quarter system is some-thing that might be a problem. How can students and faculty ever hope to keep up with absorbing all the material in 10 weeks?

Quarters also discourages students from trying to cut class, since missing a class meeting has a bigger impact. Also classes are overflowing within the first weeks of a semester, but drastically empty out as the year progresses.

Those colleges include many in the University of California systems, as well as California State Colleges. That’s only a small sample size of colleges that use the quarter system, and those schools are lo-cated here in California.

As previously mentioned, the quarter system has a lower number of classes in a full class load. Fewer classes going at once means that teachers can teach additional specialty classes without being swamped in introductory courses.

Additionally, with three grading peri-ods in a year, over time, this could help colleges recover after this strenuous finan-cial time.

It’s extremely difficult to find anything negative about the quarter system that isn’t worth all of the benefits to the school, students, and staff. Taking three quarters a year over two long semesters is not only an obvious choice for students, but a pru-dent one.

Illustration by Paul Murphy

Students retain more in a semester system

Taking less classes helps the students

Angela SongcoStaff Writer

Sarah BremmeStaff Writer

UP FOR DEBATE

Quarter or semester, what do students prefer?

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CAMPUS VIEWPOINTS Quarter or semester, what do students prefer?

Stephany Garza, 21,Radiology Tech Major

“Quarter; because there is less time to slack off and stu-dents have to be focused.”

Bryan Nguyen, 18, Mathematics Major

“Semester; we have more time to focus on a class that is difficult.”

Anjannette Corpuz, 18, Nursing Major

“Quarter; it’s shorter, you can learn more and you have more time to prepare yourself.”

Christian Alvarez, 22,Buisness Administration major

“Semester; it’s longer and you have more time to learn the material.”

Chereal Johnson, 19,Journalism Major

“Quarter; you get more time off because the classes are shorter.”

Wendy Meza, 18,Biology Major

“Semester; it gives students more time to focus on their grades.”

By Zachary Weber REPORTED FROM CAFE CAMINO

Coree HeardStaff Writer

Many people can’t wait until the sun starts to shine and the colors of the Earth begin to come alive in the summer, just to enjoy a dip in a swimming pool.

For 19-year-old Ariel Carrillo, the pool is where she began more than a decade ago and it’s what has led her to set the career assist record with 61 and the season assists record with 35 on the EC’s water polo team.

Carrillo first heard about water polo in her freshman year at Torrance High School after she found out that swim season was over.

“When I started playing water polo. I found a new love,” Carrillo said. “Six out of seven days a week, I practice.”

The love that Carrillo found has now extended, as she teaches others what she knows about the sport.

“I coach; I teach little kids how to play water polo,” Carrillo said. “I know I still have a couple things to work on, but I feel like I know the game fairly well.”

She said the support from her family and team is what gives her that extra push.

“I wanted to make them proud and I wanted to show them how far I could go,” Carrillo said.

Coach Corey Stanbury said that while Carrillo was dedicated to performing her best, he had already seen how disciplined and selfless she was.

“When she’s in the water, she makes a lot of things happen,” Stanbury said. “She really goes out of her way to help make other people look good.”

Carrillo said that it takes the whole team and said that she couldn’t have set the assist

record without someone there to catch the ball and score.

“I do feel blessed to have the team that I have,” Carrillo said. “This season was a great season; it kind of sucks it’s my last year I’m able to play at EC.”

Stanbury said that she has a positive in-fluence on the team and appreciates how supportive she was of her teammates.

“She is a lot of fun to work with and fol-lows directions,” Stanbury said. “I wish I had about eight or nine of her.”

Not only is her focus and balance shown in and out of the water, but there are others who admire her leadership.

Tanner Castro, 19, art major, who plays on the men’s water polo team, said that he hopes she continues to play.

“I know they (universities) will find a place for her,” Castro said. “You can see the determination in her eyes.”

Carrillo said her dream college is Loyola Marymount University, which has a Divi-sion I water polo team, but she said she was nervous because she has always played at a level three.

“I’m kind of scared that the future that I want won’t be my future,” Carrillo said.

Recognizing how competitive water polo is, Carrillo has decided to take her father’s advice and continue to play, even if it means it is a backup plan.

“I use water polo as my motivation for school and I use school as my motivation for water polo,” Carrillo said.

Castro said that when Stanbury an-nounced that she broke the record for as-sists, both the women’s and the men’s team where happy.

In 2005 Kelly Suk had the single-season assists record with 32 assists.

Carrillo broke the Warriors career as-sists record on Oct. 19.

“It’s pretty cool to see someone I grew up with reach a high level,” Castro said.

ON DECKBy Mary Alvarez

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Tomorrow at 5 p.m.at EC vs. Citrus College

Wednesday at 5 p.m.at EC vs. Grossmont College

CROSS-COUNTRY

Nov. 17 at 10 a.m.at Woodward Park, Fresno

MEN’S SOCCER

Tomorrow at 7 p.m.at EC vs. Long Beach City College

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Tomorrow at 5 p.m.at EC vs. Long Beach City College

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Today at 6 p.m.at Mt. San Antonio College

MEN’S WATER POLO

Today-Saturday at So. Cal Regional at Fullerton

WOMEN’S WATER POLO

Today-Saturday at So. Cal Regional at Fullerton

November 8, 2012 El Camino College Union 5SPORTS

Philip Prins/ UnionAriel Carrillo, 19, utility player, for the women’s water polo team, has broken the college’s season assists record with 35 and the career assists record with 61.

Ariel Carrillo ends season by breaking two records

Men’s soccer team secures a spot and will compete at the playoffs Zachary WeberCo-Opinion Editor

In a tight game with the playoff pic-ture hanging in the balance, the Warriors relied on its defense as they shutdown the leading scorer in the state.

“Our defense played lights out,” Nolan Dean, goalkeeper, said. “I think this was the best defensive game we played all sea-son.”

The Warriors went on to win the game 1-0 improving its record to 7-6-4 and (5-3-2) in the conference play.

“It was a very close game; both teams were competitive and striving for the vic-tory,” John Britton, coach, said.

This is the fifth time this season that the Warriors shut out a team.

Towards the end of the game, Clau-dio Rodriguez, forward, scored the team’s only goal.

“Claudio had a nice shot at the corner of the goal when there was only 10 min-utes left in the game,” Dean said.

Assistant coach Andrew Britton thought the team played as a unit.

“It was a total team effort; everyone

worked their socks off to get this win and we deserved it,” Britton said.

Dean said he praises his coaching staff for their defensive tactics.

“Our coach (Ever Morotoya) has been working in practice to develop our de-fense formation and shape,” Dean said.

“They (the defense) no longer work as individuals, they function as a unit now,” John Britton said.

Andrew Britton said he thinks the teams’ defense has come a long way.

“As a unit they have grown; they know each others’ strengths and weakness, I

think they are able to play better because of that,” Andrew Britton said.

“They communicate a lot better now,” Andrew Britton said. “At the beginning of the season they didn’t.”

What helped the Warriors clinch a playoff birth was knocking off some of the big teams in the conference and state games.

The Warriors have had impressive wins against some of the top teams in the state and in the conference like Mt. San Antonio College twice, Cerritos and most recently Harbor College.

“Beating these top teams is what got us to the playoffs,” Dean said.

The Warriors are looking forward to making the playoffs, since it’s their first time in seven years.

“It felt relived everyone was happy,” Dean said. “I’m 95 percent sure this win should put us into the playoffs.”

The Warriors are looking to build up its confidence going into the last few weeks of the season.

“Our next game is away against East Los Angeles College,” Andrew Britton said. “We are trying to build off this win.”

Women’s volleyball team continues its winning streak Zachary WeberCo-Opinion Editor

Leadership and communication is some-thing that Suekalena Tafao, setter, demonstrates as she sets her teammates up for one kill after another.

Tafao summed up the win in three words“It was quick,” Tafao said.That is how fast the Warriors have been tak-

ing care of its opponents as they have won 15 straight sets.

The Warriors went on dominating Cerritos in three sets, 25-16, 25-14, 25-13, to improve its record to 16-4 and 10-1 in the conference play.

Tafao led the way with six kills, nine digs, two blocks and 80 assists; sophomore Nigeria Owens, middle blocker, added 14 kills and two blocks.

Tafao said it was quick and pretty much summed up the win in three words.

“We didn’t make a lot of mistakes, we forced them to make errors,” Tafao said.

Assistant coach Jessica Juarez said she prais-es Tafao and is seeing her become more of a leader.

“I’m very impressed with her (Tafao),” Juarez said. “She is being a leader she is running the court communicating really well.”

The Warriors are not just winning games; they are dominating opponents and they have not lost a set since Oct. 17 against Mt. San An-tonio College.

“We are playing a lot better. Tarryn is play-ing more consistent,” Le Valley Pattison, coach, said. “Sueka is much more in control things.”

Pattison said that the team has developed its skills and ability to work together.

“We are looking a lot more fluid, more con-trol and making plays to help the team,” Pat-tison added.

The Warriors are good enough to put certain players in different positions during the games.

“We are a really versatile team; we can put anyone in any positions,” Juarez said.

“She (Pattison) changed the lineup. Tarrryn

played right side hitter, and Elise played outside hitter and it’s worked out well,” Juarez said.

A lot of that credit goes to the Warriors’ coaching staff.

“We try to understand the EC personnel that is coming in,” Pattison said. “We try to get ev-eryone playing on the same page and everyone has a pretty strong work ethic.”

Juarez said that the program that Pattison runs is incredible with the weight training, the strengthening and conditioning.

“You can tell the players respect her and they are tuned in and ready to work hard,” Juarez said.

The Warriors are looking forward to taking on two of the top teams in the conference to-morrow.

“We really are looking forward to the up-coming games; it’s going to be a battle with (Mt. SAC and LBCC), and it should be a lot of fun,” Pattison said.

“We’re excited,” Pattison said. “Hopefully, we’re peaking at the right time.”

Philip Prins/ UnionNigeria Owens, middle blocker for the Warriors, attempts to make a kill during the second set of Friday’s game against the Cerritos College Falcons.

Football team ends 63-year era at Murdock StadiumJorge Camarillo and Sam Tedla Staff Writers

Trailing 14-10 at the half and going on defense to start the second half, the War-riors tried to carry over its momentum from late in the first half.

After a Mt. San Antonio College time-out, Mt. SAC’s quarterback Nick Montana connected with KaelinClay, wide receiv-er, for a 64-yard catch and the touchdown that made the score 21-10, before the War-riors got its first possession of the second half.

The Warriors played its final game ever in the historic Murdock Stadium ending with a loss, 38-10 to Mt. SAC.

“We had a great game in the first half, but they made their adjustments at halftime and made some big plays on of-fense,” Ivan McLennan, linebacker, said.

The Warriors’ backup quarterback Nicholas King, started and had an excep-tional game with 171-passing yards on 23 of 33 passing yards, a touchdown and 13 rushes for 79 yards.

Starting quarterback Jesse Scroggins wasn’t able to play much with the pinched nerve in his shoulder that kept him out of last week’s game against Citrus.

“Nick is a good quarterback and he’s a dual threat so he can throw it and he can run it when he needs to,” McLennan said.

The Warriors are accustomed to being one of better teams in the nation, but this year the team struggled, ending its season with a record of 7-3.

The main reason was injuries to some key players on both the offense and de-fense.

“These guys are my brothers and the freshman who had to step in for the start-ers grew up before my eyes,” McLennan said. “These guys have a lot of experience under their belts know; hopefully they can learn from our mistakes from this year’s team and become great leaders.”

A lot of the sophomores didn’t end their football careers at El Camino the way they would’ve liked.

Some sophomores talked about chan-neling their emotions and giving every-thing they had into this game.

“There were some pretty high emotions for the sophomores,” Royshaun Lewis, de-fensive back, said.. “We took some extra time before kick off in our locker room. I think it was the 12 sophomores on the teams and we discussed how we were the last class to play on Murdock.”

The defense was maligned with several injuries, forcing the Warriors to start with seven freshman this year, but the experi-ence they gained looks to set up a suc-cessful season next year.

“All week, the sophomores were tell-ing the freshman how important it is to keep the legacy at El Camino as a win-ning program,” Lewis said.

“During the course of the game we continued to remind them that we’re no longer freshman anymore,” Lewis added. “The experience they gained this year has made them sophomores already.”

Philip Prins/ UnionJamal Overton, Running back for the Mt. San Antonio College Mounties escapes the clutches of Faigofie Faaituala, linebacker for the Warriors, during Saturday’s game. The Warriors football team lost its final game in Murdock Stadium, 38-10.

6 El Camino College Union November 8, 2012SPORTS

Men’s and women’s cross-country teams advance to the state championshipBrooke BuckawayStaff Writer

Her hot pink and purple run-ning shoes could be seen in the distance as pieces of grass were kicked up as she ran.

The timer on the finish line continued to click forward as she caught up to the woman in front of her and slowly, but surely, left them behind to follow in her shad-ow.

A roar came from the crowd as eager parents and coaches cheered on the team as the pack of runners came closer to the finish line, get-

ting one step closer to qualifying for the state championship.

Last Saturday, that dream of making it to the state champion-ship came true for the women’s cross-country team as it placed 10th in the preliminary race and advanced to the state race.

“As a team we did pretty well,” Nicole Sroczynski, said. “The competition was pretty good and there are a lot of teams compet-ing.”

Sroczynski, who beat her per-sonal record at the Fairview Park course with a time of 19:33:73, placed 20th, followed by Rosa

Castro with a time of 20:23:03.“We qualified for the state

championship where we will run against the best teams mixed from the north and south,” Dean Lof-gren, coach, said.

Individually, the women’s cross-country team runners are confident that they are capable of doing even better than placing 10th at the qualifying race and are hoping to continue pushing them-selves toward greatness in the state championship.

“We joke around when we are running and talk to each other and push each other forward when we

are running,” Rosa Castro, fresh-man, said.

Castro, who came in second, ran Saturday’s race without her glasses on, making it difficult for her to see her teammates but was still able to prevail and run an ex-cellent race.

“We are still better than what we are now,” Lofgren said. “The women ran a good and solid race but can do even better.”

The men’s team also came in 10th place at the qualifying race and will be going to the state championship along with the women.

Jimi Duffin, sophomore, ad-mits that during the race the only thing on his mind was to qualify for state and secure a spot for his team.

Duffin said that running the Fairview Park course for the sec-ond time helped the Warriors, which played a significant role in the team’s success and was a friendly reminder of how they needed to run the race.

“You kind of had a visual from the last race and you could take a comparative approach to this race,” Duffin said.

Several of the men got stuck

in the back of the pack of runners and had to work twice as hard to move up in the ranks.

Lofgren, although proud that the men placed 10th, is confident that the men are capable of plac-ing higher and he is looking for-ward to a positive change at the Fresno meet Nov. 17.

“It wasn’t a bad race and it wasn’t a good race,” Lofgren said. “Nonetheless, top 10 in So Cal for both teams is commendable and we will go into the state champi-onships with a head of steam and put ourselves in a position to do well.”

Women’s water polo team ends its season Karly DaquilaStaff Writer

A season of teamwork resulted in the “perfect play” during the Warriors’ match against Mt. San Antonio College last Thursday at the South Coast Conference Championships.

“Alex Jett slides in and Ariel Carrillo then hits with a perfect pass, firing the ball across the cage to score,” Shanese Douglas, goalie, said.

“Everyone was screaming and cheering and just so happy be-cause it was a perfect play,” Doug-las added.

Coach Corey Stanbury said that the Warriors played a solid game against a very good Mt. SAC squad, but was unable to score as much as they were hoping to.

“Everyone really stepped it up this game; we were executing on all the things we worked on at

practice,” Douglas said. “It was just that they stepped their game up as well.”

Though remaining positive throughout the game, Mt. SAC won, 10-3, in the first match of the SCC Championships against the Warriors last Thursday.

“We really couldn’t be upset though because we knew we did our best,” she added.

Following a solid game, the Warriors’ next match was against L.A. Trade Tech, which resulted in a positive outcome for both the team as a whole, and Ariel Car-rillo.

Taking the game with a win, 13-3, against L.A. Trade Tech, the Warriors conquered the game with a final lead by five.

“We had already played them three times and beat them with no problem so there wasn’t really any worry going into that game,” Douglas said.

“But we still knew that we had to play tough and get ready for our last game on Saturday,” she added.

Douglas said that because of the loss against Mt. SAC on Thurs-day, the Warriors were pushed from fourth to play Pasadena for the fifth place Saturday.

“Kim Alvarado scored from the 3-1 set and the Warriors worked an isolation play to Alexis Solaro to tie it up with 30 seconds remaining,” Stanbury said.

Solaro scored three goals while Alvarado and Jett each scored one against Mt. SAC. Douglas had 10 saves.

“El Camino got the ball back, but could not score on the final play of regulation,” Stanbury add-ed.

Pasadena scored on a break away and a tipped shot to win, re-sulting in a loss for the Warriors 7-5.

Men’s water polo team finishes its season strongKarly DaquilaStaff Writer

In the closing minutes against L.A. Trade Tech at the South Coast Conference Champion-ships, a dual between Adam Ru-dow and one of L.A. Trade Tech’s best players began.

As one of L.A. Trade Tech’s players tried to get a foul just out-side the 5-meter mark for a free shot at the goal, Rudow tipped the ball out of his hand and they had to scramble to put up a poor shot that propelled over the goal.

“The game against L.A. Trade Tech was the main game that we wanted to win,” Rudow, utility, said.

He said it felt really great to get in there and get the team’s defense up to do everything that the War-riors anticipated to win.

“After working their way to a two goal lead, L.A. Trade Tech came back to forge a lead of their own by one, only to lose to the Warriors in a victory of 7-6,” Co-

rey Stanbury, coach, said.Alec Ortiz scored four points,

while Skyler Ulrich, Ethan Peak and Adam Rudow scored one goal each.

Goalie Tanner Castro had eight saves in the game against L.A. Trade Tech.

In the following conference games, opponents overtook the Warriors.

“We were killed in the Long Beach game,” Ulrich said.

“It was extremely tiring com-ing right after the L.A. Trade Tech game; we knew they would domi-nate, but we still gave what we could,” Ulrich added. “We did our best, but it wasn’t enough.”

“After being soundly beaten in our last meeting with Mt. SAC, this time was a different story,” Stanbury said.

“The game against Mt. SAC was the best game we could have had to end off our season,” Rudow said.

The Warriors lost to Mt. SAC and the game ended at 19-11.

“The Warriors played with ma-jor force, it was the best we have played all season,” Stanbury said.

“Everything that we wanted to accomplish in our plays we did,” Rudow said. “It felt really good to end it on that note even if we didn’t win our last game.”

Stanbury said that the score might have been closer, but the Warriors goalie accidently moved the ball into the goal by trying to escape an attacker.

“We blocked a 5-meter shot. Only to have them do a retake be-cause the referee ruled our player moved toward the shooter and not our goal,” Stanbury said.

“We stopped a power play only to have the ejected player enter the field too quickly,” Stanbury added.

Stanbury said that although the Warriors lost, it was the best game they had played all year.

“I’m bummed that the season is already over, but it had to end sometime,” Ulrich said.