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Theater panel at Hagg Recital Hall

University representatives from USC, UCLA, UC Irvine and CSULB, will present their theater programs and offer in-formation. The panel will take place on Monday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Hagg Recital Hall.

University fair at the library lawn

A Black College Fair will-take place at the Schaeurman Library on March 29, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Various universi-ties will attend and inform stu-dents about program options, and fi nancial aid.

Informative workshop for TAG students

A workshop on the Transfer Admission Agreement (TAG) will take place on Thursday, March 29, from 1 p.m. To 2 p.m. in the Distance Education Room. Learn about out-of-state historically black universities and get motivated to transfer.

Hat show in honor of Women’s History

To celebrate Women’s His-tory Month, a hat fashion show will take place from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on March 29 in the East Lounge of the Student Activity Center. To participate, RSVP at whairsto@elcamino.edu

Project Success hosts Umoja

Presented by Project Success, the Umoja Conference will take place March 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the East Din-ning Room

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Activities highlighting women’s history to take place on campusDaniela MessarinaStaff Writer

In honor of Women’s History Month, the college will be cel-ebrating a variety of events and activities that focus on education and empowerment.

Many of the events will be sponsored by the Offi ce of Staff Development, Staff and Student Diversity, and the Women’s His-tory Month Committee.

Several activities and events will take place in the Alondra Room and Student Activities Center.

Leisa Biggers, director of student diversity, said that education is empowerment and should always be a theme.

“It’s good to see more females involved in the industry and technology careers. More women are fascinated to take mathe-matics and institutions are reaching out by learning how to attract those programs to females,” Biggers said.

Although people celebrate Women’s History Month in the month of March, EC offers a class in women’s studies every se-mester and it meets the general education requirement.

Professor Maria Brown teaches the has been teaching here for about 37 years and says she enjoys watching her students develop their skills during their time in her class.

“You can see the transformation taking place during the se-mester. It’s their class. I structure things for them, they work

within those structures while they grow and develop self- confi -dence,” Brown said.

Not only do female students take her class, but male students do as well. Brown said she gets a lot of men in her classes who enroll for different reasons.

“For a long time, education was not accessible to everybody. Public education was an investment in young people, but it was also a benefi t to our society as a whole,” Brown said. “I have people from other countries that come with a different attitude to-ward women. It’s wonderful and exciting to watch young people

grow!” First-year student Brooke Matson, 18, economics major, is en-

rolled in a women’s studies class this semester and is excited to take part in the upcoming elections in November.

“It’s my fi rst year voting, and I already started to appreciate

more what women have done in the past,” Matson said. “If I lived in the past, I wouldn’t be where I am today.”

Matson also mentioned she is glad that there is a month where women’s history is honored, but wishes that women’s history was celebrated more than just one month out of a year.

“People can learn a lot about women’s history and learn to appreciate some of the things they might not know or understand about women,” Matson said. “If people who fought for women’s right’s saw the women of today not voting, they would be very disappointed.”

Associated Student Organization member Mark Zelayaran, 19, business administration major, said he thinks it is wonderful for women to be fi ghting for their own rights ever since this country was founded.

“Men should have more respect for women and the right for women to say something,” Zelayran said. “Now that women have a saying and are able to vote, the discrimination is not as bad as it used to be.”

Brown said that when she graduated high school, women would only think about marriage and children, not about going on to college.

“These events are important because it really acknowledges the wonders of women and it reaffi rms the contributions women have made to society,” Brown said.

Manuel Escalera/ UnionRebecca Nunez 31, tire dealer, explains the importance of basic engine maintenance to EC students, advising that as a car gets older, more frequent tune-ups are required as part of the maintanance.

EC back on accreditation warning after year Thomas SchmitStaff Writer

Only a year after being taken off of warning, the college’s accreditation may be at risk once again, according to a letter from the Accredit-ing Commission for Community and Junior Col-leges (ACCJC).

The letter, which can be found on the college website, lists six recommendations that the col-lege must address by October or else face pos-sible sanction.

Jeanie Nishime, vice president of student and community advancement, said the problem is the college is within the two-year period previ-ously given by the ACCJC to meet its accredita-tion standards.

“You get what they call the two-year rule to alleviate the situation,” Nishime said. “But we were on warning before, so it’s cumulative, you don’t get another two years.”

The recommendations given by the ACCJC include the integration of program review, plan-ning and budgeting, Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) and fi nance management plans for the EC Compton Center.

“We satisfi ed that requirement (in the last re-view), but we need to consistently show that we are sustainable in terms of the program review, planning and budget cycle,” Nishime said.

The matter of program review planning and budgeting has long been a thorn in EC’s side, appearing in accreditation recommendations as far back as 1990, she said.

All colleges are required to meet the AC-CJC’s profi ciency level of implementation for SLO’s by fall, which may be diffi cult for the Compton Center, Nishime said.

According to an October 2011 status report on the Compton Center’s eligibility for accredi-tation, this criterion has only been partially met, with the expectation that profi ciency would be met at the end of 2012.

“Every course and program has an SLO, but we’re probably not where we should be in terms of assessment of those SLO’s,” Nishime said. “It would require close scrutiny in order to make the fall deadline.”

While Nishime assures students that the col-lege is fi scally sound, the ACCJC letter mentions that conditions at the Compton Center directly

impact EC’s accreditation status. The Compton Center, formerly Compton

Community College, was stripped of its accredi-tation in 2005 due to fi nancial diffi culties and administrative corruption, Nishime said. At that point, it became a satellite to EC in an attempt to avoid closing down the Compton Center.

Since 2005, the Compton Center has experi-enced an unusually high rate of turnover of its chief executive offi cer, something that’s made fi scal stability a challenge, Nishime said.

Another diffi culty with the Compton Center is that EC’s administration does not directly oversee its fi nances--that task falls to the Comp-ton Community College District.

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Winter sessionsafe for 2013 Roy MooreStaff writer

Winter session 2013 was saved from the chopping block, but the board of trustees eliminated winter session 2014 last week due to state budget cuts that have created uncertainty about the college’s future funding.

During a 4.5 hour meeting, the board heard from stu-dents and faculty who urged that the 2013 and 2014 win-ter sessions continue.

“By maintaining winter session in both 2013 and 2014, the board would be issuing its support for one cost-neutral way for EC to better serve its current students,” Academic Senate President Christina Gold said.

“Winter session allows for quicker student pathways to completion, thereby, opening up spaces for new stu-dents and helping the campus begin to work towards the vision created by student task force recommendations,” Gold added.

Yet President Tom Fallo said that the state’s current budget crisis has forced the college to take severe fund-ing cuts; these cuts could continue for the foreseeable future.

He said that during the current calendar year, the col-lege has lost $10 million from the state, or 10 percent of EC’s overall budget. In addition, just last month, the college took an unanticipated cut of $2.6 million from the state.

“My major concern is not putting the district in a posi-tion of uncertain times,” Fallo said. “It is clear the state budget situation has deteriorated and we heard that there is a possibility of another cut.”

Students like Whitney Blakeman, 19, undeclared ma-jor, attended the meeting to express her concern about winter session. She led a group of OccupyECC students who said that they were upset with public education be-ing neglected due to what they believe is greed from cor-porate America.

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Student participates in fi rst and last racquetball classEva Ziss-PattonStaff Writer

Wearing a skull imprinted sweatshirt, basketball shorts and plenty of headgear, he enters the racquetball courts on campus. With his racquet in hand, he in-troduces himself to the class and begins to mingle with his class-mates.

Thomas Rocchi, an avid rac-quetball player, isn’t the typical student. The 64-year-old local resident has been utilizing the racquetball courts on campus since 1950. And in his third semester enrolled in Physical Education 232, the racquetball course, it will be his fi nal since, after this semester, EC plans to tear down the courts Rocchi readily played on throughout the years and replace it with a brand new track and fi eld facility.

“I’ve always been into ten-nis, squash, racquetball, paddle-ball—all paddle sports,” Rocchi

said. “The challenge of racquet-ball is what really appeals to me. I encourage everyone to contin-ue challenging our minds along with our bodies and souls.”

Rocchi began playing rac-quetball in 1965 and he was one of the fi rst students to enroll in the racquetball course at EC when it fi rst began in the ‘60s. Fifty year later, he will be one of the students to participate in the fi nal class.

“I’m a die hard, I love the game,” he said.

Racquetball became very popular in the ‘70s when the “fi tness boom” hit America, according to USA Racquetball (USAR), but there has been a steady decline in popularity since then. The college felt the effects when some years the rac-quetball course had zero enroll-ment, Eugene Engle, racquetball instructor said, who has been instructing since 1982.

Rocchi has continued play-

ing the indoor sport all along. Up until four years ago when he was diagnosed with a medi-cal condition that hindered his game and almost took his life.

“I had a brain aneurysm four years ago and pretty much died, but I woke up from a coma after one week permanently blind,” Rocchi said. “I’ve had four op-erations on my eyes, seven oper-

ations total and seven months of physical therapy and I’m back!”

Engle said he was initially hesitant to let Rocchi play again

this semester after hearing of his condition, but with medical clearance and protective gear including a specialized helmet and goggles, he is back on the courts.

Rocchi said his love of the game makes wearing the gear worthwhile.

Rocchi stresses the impor-tance of getting medical treat-ment for any reason, but he said if people experience frequent extreme headaches there might be something more serious go-ing on.

“My message to people is, if you have a headache of any kind, don’t take it for granted. There’s always a reason for a headache,” he said.

Instructing Rocchi for the past three semesters, Engle said he is a model student and ad-mires his passion, despite the odds he has overcome.

“Here’s a guy in his mid-sixties still being active and lov-

ing it,” Engle, said. “He’s been really good at helping out and teaching other students, espe-cially the beginning students.”

Many racquetball partici-pants said Rocchi is known in the class for helping other stu-dents improve their game.

“He helped me with my rac-quet position,” Maria Geter, a student and former competitive racquetball circuit player, said.

Rocchi also often does magic tricks and entertains students with his comedy routines during class.

In his off time, he enjoys drumming, photography, jewel-ry design, gardening and spend-ing time with his family.

For students interested in continuing the sport, racquet-ball courts are available in several fi tness clubs including South End Racquet and Health Club and various local LA Fit-ness clubs.

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“Racquetball became very popular in the

‘70s when the ‘fi tness boom’ hit America.”

—Eugene EngleRacquetball instructor

POLICE BEATBy Daniela Messarina

Lost laptop case found in restroom

March 9, 10 a.m.—A male student placed his laptop case under a desk in one of his class-es. Later that day, he realized he forgot his laptop. A custodian lo-cated the laptop case in the men’s restroom on the second fl oor of the Social Science Building.

Altercation sends student to hospital

March 15, 9:50 a.m.—Offi -cers responded to the fi rst fl oor of the Humanities Building re-garding an altercation. Two male students were waiting in the hallway for class to start. They engaged in a verbal dispute, which escalated into a physical altercation. The agressor was arrested for battery on campus grounds and will also be ref-ered to the Director of Student Development. The victim was complaining of pain in his head and knee and was transported to a nearby hospital.

Student transported to hospital after fainting

March 1, 2:20 p.m.— Of-fi cers responded to the MCS Building regarding a medical aid call. A male student was in class when he began to feel diz-zy. He fainted, fell out of his seat, and hit his head on the ground. Paramedics were notifi ed and the student was transported to an area hospital for further treat-ment.

Cal Grant cut rejectedViridiana Vaca-RiosEditor-in-Chief

After thousands of students protested on March 1 at the Capitol Building in Sacra-mento in response to Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to cut approximately $307 million from Cal Grants, an Assembly subcommit-tee rejected the cut.

The decision was made after hearing testimony from students who traveled from different parts of CA.

The Cal Grant, an income-based fi nan-cial aid program, helps low-income students pay for college.

Students who receive this grant come from families who make less than $50,000.

Under Brown’s proposal, many students would be affected by either losing their fi -nancial aid altogether, or having the amount they receive greatly reduced.

Leaving students with less to pay for their education.

As of now, the maximum a student can receive is $9,708 but with the proposal that Brown hoped to pass, students receiving the grant would only be receiving $5,472.

Students like Maria Gonzales, 21, nurs-

ing major, are happy to see that the proposal was defeated.

“I am so glad that Brown’s proposal was rejected, I don’t know what I would do if I didn’t have fi nancial aid,” Gonzalez said. “ I probably wouldn’t be attending college.”

And that is exactly what some people feared at fi rst, that students who had a re-duced amount of fi nancial aid or no longer received any would drop-out of college.

Vincent Robles, librarian, said that while he understands that there will always be budget cuts especially in this economy, he thinks that it is up to each college to make the necessary changes that will benefi t ev-eryone.

“We’ve grown to be selfi sh as society instead of giving up our luxuries to better benefi t everyone,” Robles said.

Luis Chario, 24, political science major is very inspired and glad to know that there are students in California who care enough about their education to stand up in what they want and believe in.

“We need more students like that to stand up and protest against things like this,” Chario said. “We would all be suffer-ing without our Cal Grants.”

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“We will not ignore the blatant dis-regard for student welfare, the trem-bling of teachers, the corporate coup d’état and the attack on public educa-tion by corporate America,” Blake-man said.

Jo Ann Higdon, vice president of administrative services, said that the state’s budget crisis is not yet over, so there is still a possibility of more fi -nancial cuts later this year.

Gov. Jerry Brown is preparing a measure for the November ballot that would help provide a stable source of funding for the state and potentially end California’s continual budget woes. In its current form, this ballot proposal would raise the state sales tax slightly as well as raise taxes for California’s wealthiest taxpayers to provide additional state revenue.

If voters fail to pass these propos-als, the community college system, as well as the entire state educational system, would likely be facing more budget cuts.

“If the tax increases don’t pass, we are then looking at a minimum of an-other $7 million hit,” Higdon said.

Despite the fact that winter session has the highest student success rate of any other sessions, the state’s loom-ing fi scal crisis had board members concerned about the college’s overall budget health.

“Thanks to the students who do un-derstand that our funding comes from the state of California and we are get-ting $10 million less than we got last year, so that’s why we have to face some of these diffi culties,” William Beverly, board president, said.

All things considered, the board did the best it could in retaining the 2013 session, Joshua Casper, student board member, said.

“I think we as the board did our very best to be fair,” Casper said. “We really don’t know what’s going to hap-pen, but I think we did the best we could to hear all the concerns of the students, faculty and staff.”

Fallo recommended that the board eliminate the 2013 winter session, move the start of spring semester to mid-January 2013 and then offer back-to-back summer sessions.

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Cel ebrating

Carina GomezStaff Writer

They were denied the right to vote, their pres-cence in politics didn’t exist and they were re-jected from participating in higher education.

The oppression women experienced during the 17th, 18th, 19th and early-20th centuries brought about a movement when women fought to regain their civil rights.

And after decades of suffering, March is rec-ognized as National Women’s History Month in which many people honor the women who helped infl uence and shape society.

“Women are treated way better and have more opportunities to work now than they did twenty to thirty years ago,” Camilla Trudeau-Katoa, 19, communications major, said. “Now we can do anything we set ourselves to.”

The celebration of women’s history originat-ed in 1978 when the school district of Sonoma, Calif., honored “women’s contributions to his-tory” by organizing a week-long celebration, ac-cording to the website www.history.com.

As the celebration gained notoriety as a way to preserve women’s history, Congress estab-lished Women’s History Month in 1987, a nation-ally recognized month-long celebration, accord-ing to The Library of Congress.

“In American society, women now have what-ever role they choose, the challenge now is fi nd-ing a balance with work and the responsibilities that come with motherhood,” Mediah Din, soci-ology professor, said.

This year’s theme for the month is “Women’s Education—Women’s Empowerment,” deter-mined by the National Women’s History Proj-ect—a clearninghouse that provides training on women’s history.

The women who fought and stood up for equal education contributed to American history and culture in the most honorable way possible, paving the way for women’s success, according to the website www.history.com.

Before 1848, women had little to no access to the educational system and many were denied entrance into colleges throughout the U.S, ac-cording to the NWHP.

But the demand for equality in higher educa-tion started when the W o m e n ’ s Rights Con-vention en-lightened women to demand opportunities for equal rights and eventually gained eligibility for women to participate in co-education, according to NWHP.

After this event took place in 1848, the begin-ning of women’s educational enrichment began and today, the advancements women reached in history are countless, Din said.

“I think education has infl uenced women’s achievements very positively; without it, it’s hard to make progress,” Din said.

“We see more women in higher education every year and we see women reaching higher places in our political system,” she added.

Activists, such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, fought to establish an equal opportunity for women to learn in the same academic programs as men in the U.S., according to the website www.history.com.

After being rejected from college because it was thought to make women unfi t mothers and wives, Elizabeth Blackwell became the fi rst fe-male to graduate in 1849 with a medical degree from Geneva Medical College in New York, ac-

cording to NWHP.

Not only did women make his-tory in the medical fi eld, women made many contri-butions over the centuries

in the arts as poets, authors and actresses. Edith Wharton is best known for her histori-

cal achievement as the fi rst woman to win a Pu-litzer Prize in 1921 after publishing her book, “The Age of Innocence.”

While many women were denied the right to an education, they were also not allowed to participate in extracurricular activities such as sports. But in the beginning of the 17th century, women became part of horseracing, boxing and even baseball. Joan Benoit was the fi rst women

to win the Women’s Olympic Marathon in 1984, according to the website www.history.com.

Women also made history in politics when Frances Perkins became the fi rst female mem-ber of a presidential cabinet in 1933 when she was appointed Secretary of Labor, according to NWHP.

A similar political achievement was achieved when Sandra Day O’Connor was selected to the Supreme Court in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan.

These accomplishments opened the doors for many women to follow suit.

In the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, Hill-ary Clinton became the fi rst woman presiden-tial candidate to participate in every primary and caucus in every state and the fi rst woman to win a primary election, according to the website www.fi ndingdulcinea.com.

In the fi eld of science, Amelia Earhart was the fi rst woman to fl y over the Atlantic Ocean, completing her fl ight in 1928. And in 1983, Sally Ride became the fi rst American female astronaut to join NASA and travel into space, according to the website www.history.com.

While these are just a few of the historic achievements made by women, this month’s cel-ebration is a way to give tribute to all the women who fought for equality and changed the lives of many around the world.

“Now that times have changed, women have been given more freedom to do as they please,” Marlen Ramirez, 21, sociology major said. “And today they can be more successful than men.”

National Women’s History Month recognizes the achievements women have made throughout history.

Top row from left to right: Edith Wharton, Sandra Day O’Connor and Amelia Earhart. Middle row from left to right: Joan Benoit and Eleanor Roosevelt. Bottom row from left to right: Hillary Clinton, Harriet Tubman and Sally Ride. These women fought for equality and achieved momentous accomplishments in the fi elds of science, arts, politics and sports and civil rights.

“I think education has infl uenced women’s achievements very positively; without it, it’s hard to make progress.”

—Mediah Dinsociology professor

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Innovative ideas are the answers to cutbacks Veto. This word resonates

with every U.S. citizen regard-less of political affi liation. It is the power our president has to reject congressional proposals. It is absolute power. And it’s coming to a college near you.

Winter session has been on the chopping block recently, with the administration pro-posing to remove it from the calendar in an effort to save money.

In these times of extreme budget cuts around every cor-ner, it’s no surprise that the college would seek ways to cut costs. However, winter session should not be the scapegoat. Luckily, the battle was won and winter session was included in the 2012/2013 calendar.

A college is no place for this pseudo “veto” power. It is the responsibility of the adminis-tration and the board of trust-ees to make decisions in the students’ best interest. While it is understandable to “trim the fat” in the face of budget cuts, winter session is a necessary fat and the students of EC are emaciated children.

It is not in the students’ best

interest to remove winter ses-sion and considering the Asso-ciated Students Organization, the Academic Senate and the Federation of Teachers oppose doing so, there should be no question that winter session

should be safe.Winter session has higher

retention and success rates than every other semester, accord-ing to the Chancellor’s Offi ce website. It is vital for students looking to transfer in the fall because it provides an opportu-nity for additional transferable credits that summer session doesn’t provide.

Why punish hardworking students looking to get ahead or aiming for a smooth transfer to a four-year college?

Removing an opportunity for education is certainly not in the students’ best interest, nor is it the students’ wish.

The purpose of an educa-tional institution is to serve its students. Defying student’s and faculty’s best interests, means that the institution has failed in its purpose.

One alternative to cutting winter session might be to offer higher priced courses, similar to Santa Monica College’s so-lution to saving winter session.

This would enable students to enroll in the specifi c classes needed while generating effi -cient revenue to pay for the col-lege’s operational costs.

Another course of action might be to create a partner-ship with local organization and rent out unused classrooms in the evenings for meetings, workshops or training sessions.

This would help generate the revenue needed to keep winter session around.

Illustration by Dan Baldonado

Printing is a necessary for studentsCAMPUS INSIGHT

In the original works of the Brothers Grimm, the story “The Fisherman and his Wife” depicts a greedy woman requesting ever larger gifts from a magi-cal fl ounder. The fl ounder initially grants the wife’s requests; fi rst, the fl ounder

yields physical necessities, then gives money and power to the woman. However, like charac-ters in most morality tales, the fi sherman’s wife becomes so greedy that one day she asks to be made godlike, and after doing so, the fl ounder re-turns her and her husband to their previous state of impoverishment. Like the generous fl ounder, EC’s Writing Center, located on the fi rst fl oor of the Humanities Building, has offered printing during previous semesters, but due to increased budget cuts and a plethora of unreasonable re-quests, the service had to be shut down during the fall semester of 2011.

Like the greedy wife of the fi sherman, stu-dents at EC initially printed items of appropriate length and content. Students soon began attempt-ing to print nonacademic items and were mak-ing unreasonable demands, draining the center’s limited resources. Because of such misuse of al-ready limited resources, the Writing Center was

forced to remove printing from its list of services and current students suffer the hardships brought on by past transgressors.

Although the Schauerman Library prints for a nominal fee, because of its hours of opera-tion, many students have had diffi culties print-ing there. Students in classes starting at 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. suffer particularly from this problem of limited access, since the Schauerman Library opens at 8 a.m. Printing should be widely avail-able on a campus that prides itself on accessibil-ity. As of now, there are a few proposed solutions to the problem of printing on campus, but none has really taken hold. Like the fi sherman’s wife, students at EC have been returned to a state of destitution when it comes to printing, and will have to fi nd the “God” within themselves in or-der to facilitate their printing success. Without fi lling in the lack of resources with abundant personal effort, many students could fi nd them-selves fl oundering.

Women should continue to use education to achieve goalsBefore women were grant-

ed the right to be contributing factors in society, they were largely discriminated against in society.

Women were not equal to men.

They were denied the right to vote or hold a position in public offi ce and co-education was prohibited.

But after decades of deter-mination and resilience behind the feminist movement, the 19th amendment was added to The Constitution—granting women the right to vote—they were given an equal opportu-nity to learn and history was made.

Throughout the United States and much of the world, March is observed as Women’s History Month in which many

celebrate the contributions women made to culture, history and society.

And as part of this year’s celebration, education is the theme.

While women’s commit-ments have proven invalu-able to society, the list of their achievements wouldn’t have been possible without the equal opportunity to learn.

Some of those major ac-complishments include Edith Wharton winning a Pulitzer Prize, Amelia Earhart crossing the Atlantic Ocean in an air-plane, female baseball players establishing an All-American Professional Baseball League and Sandra Day O’Connor serving on the Supreme Court.

During much of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, soci-

ety shared the ignorance that education would hinder wom-en’s reproductive genes, might make them less feminine and would increase competition in the man’s world.

During this time, women’s societal roles were only that of a mother and wife.

After the American Revo-lution, women were given the opportunity of a basic educa-tion as mothers to learn how to continue to “nurture the bodies and the minds of (male) citi-zens and leaders,” according to The National Women’s History Project—a non-profi t organiza-tion that recognizes women’s history.

When it came to secondary education, women were denied participation in co-education, the NWHP added.

Women’s civil rights were completely denied.

According to an article in the newspaper, The Register Citizen, “following the Civil War, white female Americans had fewer rights than freed male slaves.”

The oppression women ex-perienced was dehumanizing.

They had no opportunity to grow as individuals and were instead forced to be what soci-ety wanted them to be.

But this oppression made women determined to be “set free” and become an equal part of society.

In 1977, legislation passed Title IX of the Education Codes of the Higher Education Act Amendments, which ended discrimination against age, sex or country of origin to partici-

pants in the educational sys-tem, according to the NWHP.

In today’s society, many women take for granted the equal opportunity they have to be part of the higher education-al system.

According to a progress re-port issued by the White House in 2011 regarding the status of women’s education in the U.S., it stated that “younger women are now more likely than their male counterparts to hold a college degree.”

It is important for women to realize that 30 years ago, edu-cation were closed to women and life as they know it dif-fered signifi cantly for earlier generations.

Today, women have the op-portunity to use the same edu-cational tools offered to men,

such as enrolling in many classes that were once denied to women as well as applying for scholarships to help fund their education plans.

It is important that women continue to take advantage of these opportunities to learn and keep the fi ght for women’s equality alive.

One way to do so is to ap-ply for scholarships and grants funded by woman’s organiza-tions.

Women are also encouraged to participate in all academic divisions including the fi eld of medicine and politics in which participation was once denied.

The Issue

• Winter session is safe for 2012/2013 but not for 2013/2014

Our Stand

• There are other ways to cutback

4 El Camino College Union March 22, 2012

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Rest and proper nutrition are essentialCOMMENTARY

Just like most of peo-ple in the world, college students fi nd themselves busy everyday.

There are classes to pass, bills to pay and other responsibilities along the way.

From the hours spent in classes to the hours spent earning an income to provide for them-selves and afford their education, students have a lot on their plates.

However, with so much to do from day to day, when do students stop to take care of themselves?

While there are plenty of places to eat on campus as well as off-campus, do students really properly nourish themselves during the day?

Do students get the enough hours of sleep to become re-energized and ready for the next day’s tasks? One would think that students would, since much of their day requires good concentration, plenty of energy and much endurance.

The reality is that besides a cup of coffee that one either makes at home or buys at a nearby coffee shop, students don’t really eat what they should or as much as they should.

Why is that?The answer is mostly because there is no time

or students can’t fi nd the time.

According to the Healthy Eating Guide web-site, eating six small meals every 2-3 hours will not only keep a student’s stomach full, but it will also prevent one from overeating.

While it’s true that shoving a granola bar in one’s mouth while walking to the next class is easy, is it really enough?

Another thing that college students are known for, is staying up past midnight in order to cram for a test.

But without adequate amounts of sleep, the brain shuts down and in the end, it doesn’t benefi t a student attempting to learn.

According the the Sleep Health website, “Lack of or poor sleep can affect the individual’s abil-ity to fi ght and endure sickness, cause irritability, poor concentration, impaired memory and de-creases hand-eye coordination.”

While it is understandable that students are busy, one must fi nd the time to take a break and take proper care of themselves.

Just like a car, in order for it to keep running smoothly and properly, the car requires attention and maintenance.

Even with too much to do, the best thing one can do is take a small break in order to not get overwhelm and be able to recharge.

Take time for yourself out of your busy day, even if it means a 20 minute break to eat a well-balanced lunch and plenty of sleep.

Viridiana Vaca-RiosEditor-in-Chief

Tristan Lee Marxwriting tutor

UNIONEL CAMINO COLLEGE

OPINION

CAMPUS VIEWPOINTS

Does 3-D enhance the moviegoing experience?By Daniela Messarina and Kyle Borden

Jeovany Ortiz, 23, Film and Japanese

“No. It doesn’t add anything to it. It’s old technology that won’t improve or attract viewers to pay more money.”

Elicia Snowden, 28, Aviation Administration

“Yes. It depends on the movies. Certain ones were really good and certain ones were really bad”

Mariah Younger, 18, Undecided

“No. It doesn’t do anything. It hurts your eyes and it costs more. You can’t even take the 3-D glasses with you”

Ubaldo Aovarado, 19, Communications

“Yes. Th e advantage is that you can enjoy the movie better, but the disadvantage is not everyone has the same taste in movies.”

Darryl Knowles, 19, Radio Technology

“No. I feel it’s another way for the movie industry to make money. I should just pay $8 for regular movies.”

Jamiela McInnis, 21, Psychology

“Yes. Just cartoons and Disney movies are better in 3-D, not when it comes to real people.”

Movies with 3-D effects have got-ten a bad reputation as cheesy and gim-micky over the years. Roger Ebert, fi lm critic, wrote an entire article entitled “Why I Hate 3-D (And You Should Too)” that was published in a 2010 issue of Newsweek Magazine.

“It is unsuitable for grown-up fi lms of any seriousness,” Ebert, said in Newsweek.

People don’t seem to be concerned about grown-up, serious fi lms anymore. Last year, the top fi ve grossing fi lms included: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2,” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” “Pirates of the Ca-ribbean: On Stranger Tides,” “Kung Fu Panda 2” and “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn ,Part 1.” And the fi rst four were released in 3-D.

Today, people typically go to movie theaters to be enter-tained. And 3-D movies are entertaining. Although many fi lms have used 3-D as a gim-mick, fi lms today often use 3-D in a different way entirely.

Although fi lmmakers can-not rely on 3-D to make their movie fun or interesting, 3-D can certainly enhance a fi lm by drawing you in and making you a part of their world, as well as conveying certain emotions, just as any other aspect of a fi lm could.

Technology for 3-D mov-ies has been around since the 1890s with the fi rst 3-D fi lm released to paying audiences in 1922. In the 2000s, 3-D has certainly made a comeback.

Since the creation of 3-D, there have been many improve-

ments in 3-D and not just regarding technology. The uses for 3-D have also expanded. While 3-D was often used in high-budget action movies to thrill audience members, it can and has been used in a more practical way, evoking emotions and drawing the audience into new worlds.

“Experience like never before in 3-D” is the commercialized phrase used to grab viewers’ attention. Movies with 3-D effects are popular due to all the ad-vanced technology and consistent 3-D movie previews from production compa-nies aired on television and on the radio.

The bottom line is the “experience” is

not coming to theaters. It’s an experience of wasted time and

money for having to pay extra for paper glasses. The exciting part of going to see a 3-D movie is putting those glasses on and watching 3-D features. The “experi-ence” is not so great.

These movies are popular right now due to the constant growth of new technology. Too much time is spent on adding 3-D features to movies that have already been established, such as “The Lion King 3-D.” Movies such as “The Dark Knight” have suc-cessfully made it to the box of-fi ce at No. 1 for weeks without the addition of 3-D.

Production companies are willing to do whatever they can to exploit the 3-D fad, even if it means spending money on ridiculous-looking glasses that will never be used again.

According to an article from The Guardian, dated Aug. 11, 2011, a study was conducted on 400 individuals and found that 3-D features do not enhance the excitement and interest of 3-D movies. Instead, the additional 3-D effect causes eyestrain and headaches.

Watching 3-D movies will only become a tiring experience when having to deal with eye-strains and headaches during the movie. The focus would be on 3-D features, rather than the movie’s message.

Do we really need to see every detail up close? The sur-round sound is enough for a movie “experience like never before” and the price that we pay to watch a regular movie is high enough.Illustration by Dan Baldonado

CAMPUS CORNER

By Mayu Kataoka

Maria Brown is a professor of Women’s Studies and a co-ordinator of Women’s History Month.

Are there events celebrating Women’s History Month?

There is a whole program. There was a kickoff at the be-ginning of March and some ac-tivities during the month.

What can students take away from attending these events?

I think they’ll learn something about women. Probably things they didn’t know.

Why is Women’s History Month important?

I think the program is impor-tant because it really does acknowledge the wonders of women and it reaffi rms the contributions that women have made to society. Women have sacrifi ced so much for us and it’s important for them to be recognized for their hard work

What events can students expect during Women’s History Month?

At the end of the program, there is going to be a Hat Show. It’s going to be really fun. This will be our third one. Kids will wear hats and the girls from my class will model the hats. You get to come to school dressed up and show off these hats.

What would you say to women who don’t go to college?

Education is liberation. And the more acceptable the insti-tution is, the more women will go to the institution. For a long time, education was not acces-sible to everybody. The GI Bill made it more accessible than ever before. I really believe that women have always been a valuable asset to our society. They are the caregivers; they are the ones who pass down the values and principles from gen-eration to generation.

Maria BrownProfessor

Women’s Studies

3-D effects add depth to fi lms and increase entertainment value.

Adding 3-D effects to movies is gimmicky

and unnecessary.

UP FOR DEBATE

Does 3-D enhance the moviegoing experience?

Daniela MessarinaStaff Writer

Women’s History Month raises awareness of gender equalityCOLUMN

I am not a genius in math, nor will I ever be, since I spend my time writing in the news-room and slowly counting change back to customers at work. The days I walk past the Math and Computer Science Building, I wonder why female

students major in math, science or technology.

A colleague I met this year in student government spoke to me about the universities she applied to and how ner-vous she was to fi nd out which universities accepted her. She mentioned the career goals she hoped to achieve that had me wondering.

There is a pervasive stereo-type in our culture that men are better at math than women. This extends into science and technology, all of which are heavily male-dominated.

Despite the advances in gen-der equality, this bias remains. Women are just as capable, but the fi elds of math and science

remain a boy’s club. However, women have made great strides in crossing into these fi elds and shattering the glass ceiling that has challenged women for cen-turies.

There are women currently majoring in math, science and technology who work in male-dominated professions. Ac-cording to the U.S. Department of Labor, in recent years more women have achieved high lev-els of education and salary in-creases as a result.

According to the most recent El Camino demographics, 53.6 percent of students on campus are female. Once, women were not allowed to pursue any kind of education. Now, they make

up the majority of the student body.

Women now have the right to vote, to receive an educa-tion and to work as government offi cials, proving how far our culture has come. Celebrating Women’s History Month is a chance for us to see the history of women’s achievements and contributions that have paved the way for modern civil rights movements

Let’s take this time to honor those infl uential and powerful women who have made a dif-ference in our lives.

If it weren’t for these pow-erful women who continue to seek male-dominated profes-sions, modern women wouldn’t

be as inclined to seek majors and professions related to math, science and technology.

Daniela MessarinaStaff Writer

Please connect with me by email at daniela.messarina@gmail.com

Follow me on Twitter @ECCUnionDaniela

Join the conversation online at www.eccunion.com

The views expressed in this column are those of the author. They do not repre-sent the views or opinions of the Union, its staff, editorial board or advisers.

March 22, 2012 El Camino College Union 5

Eva Ziss-PattonStaff Writer

Eman Elshiyab /UnionOn display in the Schauerman Library is an art piece of a welded heart called “Cupid’s Arrow” by Carlos Hernandez who is a part of the CAA program honoring troubled students.

Cary Majano /UnionLaron Harvey, 33, welding major, demonstrates the most common cutting power of radiographic welding inspection in Shop Room 100.

6 El Camino College Union March 22, 2012ARTS

Pianist fi nds freedom in music

Viridiana Vaca-RiosEditor-In-Chief

With the glare from the spot-light in his eyes, he looks at the faces of the audience in front of him. Alone with only his piano on stage, he gets an overwhelm-ing feeling of pressure, of ner-vousness.

Placing his fi ngers on the ivo-ry colored keyboard he begins to play and gets lost in his own imagination.

Justin Henry, 22, music major, has been playing the piano for more than two years and com-posing music for fi ve.

Starting off as a business ma-jor, Henry said he knew he was meant to do something more with his life as he didn’t feel that he was following the right career path.

“I defi nitely think music is what I should be doing, I was given some abilities, natural abilities, to play music and I think I am also better at it too,” Henry said. “ I like how I can ex-press myself and my emotions.”

Inspired by composers such as Sergei Rachmaninoff, Henry enjoys composing and playing classical music.

“My favorite piece of music is by Rachmaninoff and it is pre-lude in G minor,” he added. “In April, I will audition for the pia-no master class and will perform

another Rachmaninoff prelude in C sharp minor.”

Hoping to transfer to the Uni-versity of Southern California, he hopes to be able to join the mu-sic program.

But joining the music pro-gram isn’t his only goal as he hopes to be involved more than just musically.

“I want to be able to play bas-ketball for them also,” Henry said. “I practice a lot and play basketball whenever I can.”

Polli Chambers-Salazar, music instructor to Henry said Henry is currently composing a piece of music that focuses on the death of family members.

“The piece that I am writing is inspired from overcoming the pain and sorrow of having some-one close to you die,” Henry said.

Although Henry knows what he needs in order to achieve suc-cess, he wants other students who are pursuing music to know that things worth having in life don’t come easy.

“It takes a lot of dedication. If you want to be a professional in your craft it takes a lot of hard work,” he said. “One can’t come to class and expect to become a professional.”

Henry also said in order to become the best in life one must work at it.

“I’m not saying I’m a profes-sional, but I have a mindset of be-ing the best,” he said.

Henry’s friend and classmate, Luis Salazar, 22, music major said that he sees Henry working in the fi lm industry as a com-

poser.“I know he already

has a few connections with some people after going to the NAAM convention. There he met a composer in the fi lm industry and he

will be able to hopefully work in that.”

Chambers-Salazar, director of piano studies, also sees a lot of potential in Henry.

“He is very motivated, intel-ligent and loves music,” she said.

“He learns extremly fast and is al-ways challenging himself.”

STAR RISING

Kyle Borden /Union Justin Henry, 22, music major, found the right career path as a pianist and composer and hopes to take his musical talent to USC.

ON THESCENEBy Jorge Maldonado

Theater

“Once on this Island”

Love brings two people from opposite worlds together in the musical “Once on This Island” at The Campus Theatre through April 1. It is based upon the novel “My Love, My Love” by Rosa Guy. Tickets are $25 for adults, children 12 and under are $18 and can be purchased online or at the Ticket Offi ce. For more information, interested persons may purchase tickets at the Ticket Offi ce, online, or call 1-800-832-ARTS.

Music

“LUVN BLM” features EC faculty and guests “LUVN BLM” will be playing for one night only, at 7p.m. on Sunday in the Marsee Auditorium. It will be conducted by Dane Teter and is composed by American composer Ellen Taafee Zwhilich. For more information, interested persons may purchase tickets at the Ticket Offi ce, online, or call 1-800-832-ARTS.

Film

Persian empire documentary Discovery Films presents

“Magic of Persia: Inside Iran Today” at 3 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Marsee Auditorium. Tickets are $7. For more information, interested persons may purchase tickets at the Ticket Offi ce, online, or call 1-800-832-ARTS.

Heat from a blowtorch makes welding fun Stephen VoltattorniStaff Writer

As the fl ame from a blow-torch touches the metal, they begin to heat it into shapes, hammer it together and then bend it into artwork in Shop Room 100, a welding class teaching students different pro-cesses of welding.

“They burn and bend metal to shape their artwork by using fi ve different welding process-es,” Renee Newell, the newest welding professor said. “They are called annealing, tungston inert gas, shielding metal art, fl ecore art, and gas metal art welding (MIG).”

Welding has become a fi eld in demand with classrooms full

of students that are eager to learn, Newell said.

“The reasons students take welding classes are usu-ally for certifi cation purposes, more specifi cally for the D1.1 (structural steel certifi cation),” Newell said. “President Barack Obama is currently making a drive with a program in the fi eld to push for more skilled welders.”

According to The Career Advancement Academy. The-plan is train workers in the welding fi eld for 2014, where there is going to be a lot of retiring welders in the fi eld. Obama will demand 580,000 new welding workers, Newell said.

Newell is presently working

with the CAA program, where she is helping students weld hearts to exhibit in the Schau-erman Library this month for at-risk youths who have gotten in trouble and are trying to turn their lives around.

“I’m pleased to be a part of such an awesome program,” she said.

Professor Samuel Dant-zel said welding has become very popular among students because it is in everyday con-struction.

“Shield Metal Art and MIG welding are common in build-ings,” he said. “Aerospace and car enthusiasts also use gas Tungston welding.”

Dantzler said the welding department offers two different

programs.“We have the day program

and the night program,” he said. “In the day we use all the processes over the four se-mesters and in the night pro-gram, students can specialize in whatever process they want.”

Dantzler said welding could be dangerous so it’s required that all students have a mask and a pair of gloves before us-ing their tools.

“We use many types of tools such as a welding machine, an electrode, an electrode holder, and a fl aming blowtorch,” he said.

Fortunately they have a shop technician, Matt Hutcherson, who works very closely with the tools.

“I hand out and check in tools to students. The tools tend to get really expensive,” Hutch-erson said. “Thankfully, fed-eral grants pay for pretty much everything.”

Some students really look forward to coming to class and using their tools to weld.

“I love how we have so many tools,” Jacob Narsha, 24, art major said. “My favorite tool to use is the blowtorch.”

Narsha said he hopes to make welding into a profession one day.

“I don’t see why not. Nearly everything we use is welded or made by equipment that is welded.” he said. “In construc-tion, welders are virtually re-building the world.”

“The Silent House” bores audience with familiar plotDiane VayStaff Writer

With a few tears, screams, drips of blood on the fl oor, a couple of unconscious bod-ies, and noises that appear to come from no-where, a movie may now earn its title as a “psychological thriller.”

While a thriller may attract movie-goers, a gross income of $7 million dollars on its fi rst weekend makes the future of the movie unpredictable.

According to msn. com, “The Silent House” is the American remake of the Uru-guayan 2010 horror fi lm, “La Casa Muda.” As well as mimicking the same plot as “Storytelling Conceit of Unfolding in Real Time.”

The movie, directed by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, begins with a lone girl, Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen) who quietly sits above rocks that lie along the seashore.

The girl begins to stand up and walks along a fi eld of long grass.

It appears she is walking in her own front yard as she slowly walks toward a house. The fi rst person Sarah sees is no other than her own father, John (Adam Trese).

Once in contact, the two engage in a brief father and daughter conversation.

The conversation begins to trail away and the two walk toward the entry of their home.

The door opens and there stands Peter (Eric Shefer Stevens), Sarah’s uncle.

The movie appears to begin with a fam-ily get-together, where each individual plays a part in repairing what seems to be an old mold-infested home.

The average “trip down memory lane” ends as soon as Sarah meets an old child-hood friend, Sophia, whom she cannot recall.

Her brief conversation ends when Sarah enters the house alone and begins to “tidy up” her old room.

Sarah stops when she sees a mysterious red box that appears to be locked.

The “thriller” begins here as she is alone in her own room and in the middle of a con-versation with her father, hears no response.

Although the suspense throughout the movie captures the audiences’ attention, it leaves them snoring and dissaponited with a typical hollywood horror fi lm.

After Sarah begins to panic and the audi-ence screams, she is shaken by a faint sound of footsteps and a loud thud against the wall.

She later learns that the loud thud against the wall came from the unconscious body of her father.

Who has become nearly-dead after facing the stalking man (Adam Barnett).

When all of a sudden, she becomes the stalking man.

Sarah turns out to have “psychological issues,” with an abusive father, and an uncle who never stood up for his niece.

Overall, the movie was nothing intresting and left viewers with nothing to look for-ward to any upcoming horror fi lms.

Photo Courtesy of IMDb

ON DECKCandice CrissSports Editor

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Friday at EC vs. Moorpark at 6 p.m.

TRACK AND FIELD

Friday at 10 a.m. at Pasadena City

Saturday at 10 a.m. at River-side

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Today at 2 p.m. at Long Beach City

SWIMMING/DIVING

Friday at 12:30 p.m. at Mt.San Antonio

BASEBALL

Today at 2:30 p.m. at Cerritos

Saturday at noon at EC vs. Cerritos

SOFTBALLToday at 3 p.m. at LA Harbor

SPORTSMarch 22, 2012 El Camino College Union 7

Ian SchmidtStaff Writer

With wins against Santa Barbara College and L.A. Pierce College, the Warriors have passed Long Beach and are now in fi rst place for the conference.

The Warriors now have a 4-2 conference record, and an 8-2 overall record

The home game against Santa Barbara resulted in a 3-1 win for the Warriors.

“We practiced hard, but a good team had us befuddled. They were very competitive. We wanted to play hard and get a win, but we let ourselves get sloppy, and that really cut it close for us,” Richard Blount, coach, said.

“We really played down, we have to learn to talk more. We really came together at crucial points, though,” Trevor Butler, outside hitter, said.

The team was excited about the win, but also aware that they could have played better and given themselves a better lead.

“If we have to take an ugly win, we’ll take it, but we should play better than that. But this

win is huge for us. It gives us separation from them. If we had lost, we would be in the mud, this win keeps us in con-tention.” Blount said.

The away game against L.A. Pierce ended with a 3-1 win for the Warriors.

“It was tense. It was a play-off atmosphere,” Blount said.

The key in this type of game is to just support one another, not to interact with the fans, and to just focus on the win, Blount said.

Matt Pimblett, outside hitter, who has been out for the past fi ve games came off the bench and got 18 kills, 12 digs, and 5 blocks during the Santa Bar-bara game and 14 kills and 15 digs at the LA Pierce game.

Hunter Hovland, outside hit-ter, and Kevin Burrell, middle blocker, played big as well, with 16 kills and 7 digs, and 5 kills and 8 blocks, respectively.

“They haven’t won a title in seven or eight years, but they were cheering like they had. Beating [L.A. Pierce] at their place really tasted good,” Blount said.

The Warriors have a home game against Moorpark Col-lege this Friday.

Molly Stolba /UnionJoseph Tanuvasa sets up Kevin Burrell, middle blocker, for the kill during the Warriors’ 3-2 win against Moorpark College.

Warriors place fi rst in conference

Softball team takes its losses but still plan to have a strong seasonEva Ziss-PattonStaff Writer

Following the softball team’s March 8 win against Pasadena, the Warriors were faced with a losing streak.

The Warriors lost to Long Beach, 1-0, on March 13 and to East Los Ange-les, 23-7, on March 15.

East Los Angeles took an early lead with 13 runs in the top of the fi rst in-ning, but the Warriors were not able to come back from such a signifi cant early lead.

The game ended after fi ve innings,

with the Warriors behind 16 runs.Although they were unsuccessful,

the Warriors tried their best and made some good plays, Vivian Santacruz, fi rst and third baseman, said.

The Long Beach game was slightly more successful compared to the one against East L.A.

Long Beach scored one run in the bottom of the second, but the pace slowed and neither team scored the rest of the game.

Marissa Merced, fi rst baseman, pitched for six innings during the Long Beach game.

With twenty-three players at bat, only three hits were made, with one resulting in a run. Merced had three strikeouts during the game.

“Marissa (Merced) did a great job—they earned that run,” Santacruz said.

“Merced pitched a really good game—probably the best I’ve seen all year,” Elaine Martinez, coach, said.

Priscilla Cardona, a new player, has “been very successful” as shortstop and at bat this year, Santacruz said.

Yasmin Antonio, outfi elder, who had been ineligible to play due to a lack of units, has recently returned and made

some vast improvements since her leave.“Yasmin has been doing very well at

the plate,” Martinez said.The Warriors look forward to their

next game against Compton on Tuesday at 3 p.m. at home.

In order to achieve success during this game, they will need to adjust to the pitcher while up at bat, Santacruz said.

They will continue to practice hit-ting, defense, and throws, Antonio said.

The Warriors have recently ended their losimg streak on March 20 against Compton with a fi nal score of 25-2.

Tennis Scores

• Women’s tennis:

• Thursday March 15 against

Orange County, W 5-4

Singles: (3-3), Doubles: (2-1)

• Tuesday, March 20 against

Rio Honda W 8-0, Singles:

(3-3), Doubles: (2-1)

• Men’s tennis will be playing

on Tuesday, March 27 at Mt.

San Antonio College at 2 p.m.

Warriors battle with MountiesJorge MaldonadoStaff Writer

The Warriors game against the Mt. San An-tonio College Mounties on March 15 was suc-cessful compared to their last game, which the team lost 1-3.

The Warriors had a previous losing streak against East L.A. and Mt. San Antonio.

“We were a little too anxious the last couple of games and being patient really helped us to-day,” Nate Fernley, coach, said.

Patience earned the Warriors a win, 11-4, breaking a three game losing streak.

“Offensively we got hits when we needed to. (It felt) good to get back on that scoreboard,” Fernley said.

The Mounties had six errors during the game which included dropped balls and failing to steal bases.

“Obviously when the team makes an error it gives you more chance to see the starting pitch-er,” Fernley said. “It gave us an opportunity to work their pitcher deeper in the game.”

“When they make errors it works that pitch count up and gives us an opportunity to score runs,” Fernley added.

The Warriors had 14 hits compared to nine hits by the Mounties.

Trezek’s fellow teammate, Bryce Savage, in-fi elder, is leading the scoreboard with 19 RBIs and is the most improved player, Fernley said.

Savage hit a homerun during the bottom of the eighth.

“Bryce had a good game, he went four for four, with a home run, he’s been hitting well in that nine hole, he’s leading the team in RBIs,” Fernley added.

At the mound the Warriors had one strikeout during the game by Daniel Timmerman.

“I think we pitched really well today, we threw strikes,” Timmerman, pitcher, said.

Timmerman shared the game with Alex Mis-

tulof who pitched a majority of the innings.“Mistulof on the mound, he battled today and

did a good job keeping us in it,” Fernley said.In the seventh inning, the Warriors gained

seven runs and two in the eighth.The Mounties, by the end of ninth inning,

were only able to earn one extra run, giving them a total of four runs for the game.

The Warriors won, 11-4.

“I think we’ve played a little bit more of our type of baseball, going out and playing hard,” Trezek said.

Postponing the March 17 game due to inclem-ent weather, the Warriors played the Mounties again won March 19 with a loss, 0-1.

The Warriors now tie with Pasadena and L.A. Harbor for the number fi ve spot in the confer-ence.

8 El Camino College Union March 22, 2012SPORTS

Swimming and diving team train hard for a chance at the conferenceMayu KataokaStaff Writer

With another week of solid training, the Warriors came close to beating their best times during their dual meet on Friday, March 16 against East Los Angeles College and Long Beach City Col-lege.

Although the team did not walk away with a win, swimmers walked away with the hopes of having a better chance at the con-ference championships.

Erica Bender won her 200-yard free relay, as well as her 500-yard free relay while Karina Vint won her 100 IM and her 100 FLY and Paula Mazzarino won her diving.

“We won most of the events at the meet but we just couldn’t catch a lucky break,” Corey Stanbury, coach, said.

Overall, the men’s swim team lost to Long Beach, 174-89, and

the women’s swim team lost to Long Beach, 70-57, and East LA, 67-60.

“The girls swam close to their best times, but we were missing a couple girls that could have added to our points,” assistant coach Vincent Fiamengo, said. “But overall, I think we did pretty good.”

Despite the cold weather, Erica Bender won most of her events.For Bender’s 500-yard free relay, she got 549, her 100-yard free

relay with 58, and her 200-yard free relay with 208.“You have to visualize your race and visualize yourself in per-

fect formation,” Erica Bender said. “Imagine coming in fi rst.” During the 400-yard free relay, Bender said that things got

hectic when a swimmer from another team was gaining on their swimmer.

“We were able to pull through and win,” Bender said.In order to prepare for the meet, Bender added that her team

had been practicing non-stop.

“You have to make seven out of the nine workouts, so if you miss two, you can’t compete,” Bender said.

Due to missing some of the mandatory practices, six of the men on the swim team were unable to attend the meet.

Stanbury added that they could have essentially helped earn more points for the team if they were able to go.

“We might have lost, but we just have to put it behind us and get prepared for the next swim meet,” Shanese Douglas said.

The Warriors are all working hard for their upcoming meet for the conference championship, which Stanbury is looking forward to.

“Everyone gave it their all and we have to keep pushing our-selves in practice and keep giving it everything we have at every meet,” Douglas said.

The swimming and diving team will be competing on Friday against Mt. San Antonio.

MIchael Williams/ UnionPeter Ives, infi elder, anticipates a throw to second base to attempt to tag out the opponent during the Warriors’ match with East Los Angeles, resulting in a 3-5 loss, adding to their losing streak.