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E L A CConstruction at East Los Angeles College is undergoing major

changes with the addition of three new buildings.ELAC President Marvin Martinez said that two of the

buildings will be available for use fall 2015.The Student Success and Retention Center at the center of

the campus, will stand at five stories and contain about 130,000 square feet.

“When this building is completed, it will be the largest building in Los Angeles Community College District,” Martinez said.

The Student Success building will also be the largest building in the state. It is expected to be completed in June 2015, and will house five different departments, including Liberal Arts, Humanities and English.

The new building will offer a variety of services to students, such as tutoring from the Learning Assistance Center.

Martinez said that the purpose of this building is to offer a “store of education” where students can receive different services in one location.

The Campus Student Center located in front of the library is scheduled to open in fall 2015. It will include the bookstore, a new campus cafeteria and a conference center where both students and faculty will have access.

The Associated Student Union, the student government of ELAC, will have new offices in this building as well.

“It will become the central place for many students,” Martinez said. This area will be designated for students to take a break and relax before they get back to their studies.

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A fiery car crash claimed the life of 19-year-old student Christopher Anthony “Kris” Millan of East Los Angeles College, July 24.

“We knew something was off when he didn’t show up the next day. We called him and his family said he did not come home,” teammate Pasha Sabet said.

Several ELAC wrestlers said that they had heard about an accident involving a car like Kris’s, and hoped it was a coincidence.

Millan was driving to Canoga Park from wrestling training class at ELAC when his Honda was rear-ended on the Ronald Reagan Freeway, in Granada Hills.

The gas tank exploded and his car immediately burst into flames.

Millan was later identified through dental records.

A dedicated wrestler and student is now gone, according to Sabet.

“Why did it have to be him? We have lost a family member and can’t even talk about him right now,” Sabet said.

A funeral was held Aug. 16 at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles.

The wrestling team will be collecting money for the Millan family at every match this season according to Ralph Valle, ELAC head wrestling coach.

“We want to raise money to help the family with the costs of the funeral,” Sabet said.

The Chris Anthony Millan Fund,

created by a Millan family member, raised $1,653 through the first month by Sept. 2.

Millan was competing for a starting spot on the ELAC wrestling team.

He told Valle he wanted to wrestle at a Division I university.

“I told him that was not going to happen. After watching his dedication and determination, wrestling at a four-year (institution) was a possibility,” Valle said.

“Wrestling teaches you about life, commitment, working alone and with a group. He did that well. He never missed a practice. I was looking forward to working with him during the season,” said Valle.

According to Millan’s teammates, Kris took buses early in the morning to get to class.

“I would bring him sometimes, but his schedule was a longer day than mine. He would take buses, early morning and get home late like 10 or 11 p.m,” Sabet said.

Millan began wrest l ing at Chatsworth High School.

“I was his teammate there and then his coach at Chatsworth,” ELAC teammate Maury Dexter Lemons said.

Lemons was choked up describing his friend.

“Kris had one of the most can-do attitudes, always ready to learn and willing to go. He never backed down. He was fearless,” Lemons said.

Donations may be made to the family through the Chris Anthony Millan Fund at gofundme.com/krisanthonymillanfund.

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CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY MILLAN

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Blood Drive and marrow screening A blood drive and marrow screening in ELAC’s

auditorium foyer will take place from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. on Sept. 17. For more information, please contact Student Activities at (323) 265-8742.

Noche De Ciencias ELAC’s Engineering Club is hosting “Noche De

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Negativity is an attitude occurring within young adults today. Pessimism in our society is becoming an increasing issue.

Many are unhappy with the world today and there are a long list of problems that surround them.

Instead of trying to solve their issues, they dump their frustration on everyone else and bring them down to their level of misery. This only adds to their frustration.

The old phrase goes “misery loves company,” and does it ever.

Pessimists love to take everyone down a peg and misery comes out once they begin to comment on others lives.

They take out their own misery on other people to keep themselves at ease in their own life. Their friends start to grow tired of it and abandon them.

An example is when people dwell on something negative and overthink it. Take, for instance, my personal experience dealing with trying to get back on track in college:

I applied once for a community college with all of my classes intact until one day, all my classes were gone and I couldn’t get any of them back.

I was stuck looking for a job that semester, and I let others know about what had happened.

Negativity clouds today’s generation

Interviews came in left and right, but others got the jobs instead.

My once positive attitude suddenly became grim and depressing and I lost the will to continue.

Then I decided to go to East Los Angeles College and tried to get into journalism. It was a silver lining to a long struggle.

Most fail to see the light that lingers at the end of the tunnel. It is always there, up in the distance, in front of the negative thought,

yet clouded by someone’s own personal judgment.

If they focus on a clear ending and solution, they can succeed.

Yet, some negative attitudes are justified.

Maybe a person who is constantly angry and cold, is upset at the world and is dealing with personal issues.

Opportunities to express themselves, like with a family member, could be causing the negative thoughts and

daily struggles.Those issues may be eased with

some outreach to others such as talking to friends, a co-worker or classmates.

An outlet can also be creative projects such as art or writing. These mild or severe frustrations can be turned into great pieces of story or beautiful images of art.

If not that, ease the tension by listening to music or taking the time to think about the current situation that may be causing such

anger and frustration. If the problem seems to grow

worse, therapy sessions can be sought out to help solve the issues that cloud up the mind.

Note that not every Negative Nancy is going to turn into the most positive person in the world overnight, but taking simple steps can help keep the pessimistic viewpoint out and the optimistic viewpoint in.

Students can tackle any obstacle with a more optimistic viewpoint.

BY Sergio BerruetaStaff Writer

Chaotic first week affects students’ livesBY Maria iSidoro

Staff Writer

For students trying to add classes and traverse through campus, the last couple of weeks at East Los Angeles College have been nothing short of hectic.

On the first day of school, more than 60 students were left standing without a chair to sit on.

Those students who were left out might have missed an opportunity to get their transfer transcripts for this fall semester.

These are the most hectic weeks on ELAC’s campus, with students having to walk over ten minutes searching for new classes to add.

Some students traveled from Weingart Stadium to the English Department only to find out those classes were full.

There were a lot of complaints about the amount of time it took to travel from one class to another.

It’s impossible for students to take a class with only five minutes in between classes.

How would they manage to get on time to a class if, realistically, there is no time to travel with construction in the way.

What kind of decision can be made to bring chaos to order?

For instance, maybe they should give students their own carts to travel inside the main campus.

There is definitely a problem with time management, and part of it is the construction that has

taken over students’ extra time and forcing students to take longer routes to get to their classrooms.

It causes students to rush to class, leading to people shoving, stepping on people’s feet and possibly trampling them on their way to class to be on time.

These are just a few examples of time management conflict and chaos in our campus.

Let’s not forget how busy with lines the Fiscal Office and the Financial Aid office are busy every semester.

Students wait for hours to pay

for parking permits or to pay for other finances.

If you thought those lines were going to shorten, guess what, that idea is closer to a Walt Disney fairytale with that classic happy ending.

Many ELAC students started to experience what is called time crunch, where there’s never enough time to get everything done, no matter how fast you move.

Eventually the only way to get through this chaos is to remain patient, but it is good to know that ELAC has professors that are

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How has negativity affected your educational journey?

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It really gets in the way when I try to study. Your

psychological well-being is just as important as your

academic well being.

Frustration is a big thing.You get deterred from wanting to complete

school because you can’t get your classes.

Dealing with trying to get classes, and people are

talking smack if I’m going to transfer out or not. Its

stressful.

It can be a downer. You can have no motivation at all. It’s easier to be

negative because it’s the first thing on your mind

than being positive.

worth the time and money.Not only do students have to deal

with juggling from class to class, but there are also students who are lost and are trying add classes in the wrong subject.

In so many cases, it is true that students have a hard time finding their selected classes, even with the help of the Sheriff’s office.

How could students confuse buildings, or how could they forget when their classes start?

This is how people get distracted so easily, plus they have so many things going on in

their lives already. The saddest thing a student could

ever experience during these last two weeks is to lose their books at bus stops.

With so much going on, many student have probably lost their books due to the chaos.

It is so tragic that some students sacrifice their time and money just to lose their books in a couple of minutes.

But all this chaos has brought students unique experiences that will teach them how to manage their time better.

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Improving student graduation rates and transfers to four-year universities was the topic of discussion among California states and district officials for community colleges, August 28.

California Community Colleges Chancellor Dr. Brice W. Harris was in attendance to speak about the long-term success goals of state colleges.

One major goal set by the Board o f Ca l i fo rn ia C o m m u n i t y Colleges is to have rough ly a q u a r t e r o f a m i l l i o n students in the next ten classes o f e n t e r i n g freshman to go on and graduate. “If you think about that s p e c i f i c a l l y , t h a t ’s a b o u t 227,000 more graduates and transfers than before with this new student initiative,” Harris said. “What that means is that our current completion ratio is about 48 percent. This would increase that number to 63 percent.”

ELAC currently ranks as number 25 for largest colleges in the nation. Current enrollment itself has increased with 56,000 students attending, making ELAC the largest community college in California.

Harris describes the goal as a “simply Herculean” focusing on improving the strategy of the past in order to maintain a strong future.

ELAC currently ranks as number nine in the nation for largest colleges. Enrollment itself has increased with 56,000 students currently attending, making ELAC the largest community college in California.

A new step-forward campaign for students is currently in progress to help them start on priority enrollment to see what requirements are needed to succeed in their own personal educational goals.

“Our individual colleges up and down the state will also be setting student success goals at the local level,” Harris said. “We will

BY sergio BerruetaStaff Writer

watch those year by year to see our progress and be able to see if we are on target to meet that nearly quarter million goal.”

As the speech continued, Harris stated the facts of the struggles of past years and the current state of the California community colleges system.

Also speaking at the conference was Board of Governors’ President Manuel Baca.He spoke about the recent developments within the

system and the complications of achieving the new set goal.

“ A s t h e p r e s i d e n t o f the Board of Governors , I recognize my l i m i t a t i o n s , m y b o a r d s l i m i t a t i o n s . It’s important to understand t h a t b e c a u s e that is the first step to gaining co l labora t ive support,” Baca

said. Baca continued talking about the

efforts into reaching the current goals completed and which parties should come into play to help create a stronger future.

“I have to emphasize that the instructional faculty, in particular, has to be very much engaged in the discussion,” Baca said. “The instructional side of the house cannot be sitting back and simply saying this is about processes. It’s not about processes, it’s about making an actual difference and the only way we can be sure is if we have a process in place to have the campus community fully engaged.”

David Radford of the Educational Workforce of the Los Angeles Chamber spoke about rebuilding the state of California as a place of success with a focus on hiring more students to work. Radford focused on the emotional aspect to shift the mood of the event.

“These are our dreamers . Whether there are dreamers who are undocumented or there are dreamers who are simply here to want themselves to do better and their parents want them to do better,” Radford said. “We will

match the commitment in our own way. You send them to us and we will hire these young people so they can bring to their own families the next generation of dreams.”

Radford also said the group will work to fight for internships and financial aid in order to help students continue on their college career paths.

ELAC Students stepped up to the podium to talk about their experiences with the community college system.

Maria Aynos, a single parent, spoke first to talk about her current enrollment and obstacles she faced. Aynos graduated from ELAC this past year and recieved an associates degree in general studies and transferred to California State University,Los Angeles to focus on social work.

“I want to be able to succeed in life and encourage young mothers to continue their education like I did,” Aynos said. “I am very grateful for all the programs ELAC provides their students. Everyone here has made it possible for me to accomplish my goals so far.”

Buk Lao, another graduate of ELAC, was laid off before attending with a focus on succeeding. Lao went on to talk about the book “The Genius in All of Us” by David Shenk, a book he read for extra credit.

“This book taught me the valuable lesson that at any age, one can exert their potential as a genius and genius can mature later on in their life,” Lao said.

Lao said that he was encouraged by the faculty and staff at ELAC to continue on to complete his goals and succeed.

“I know that by working together and put t ing our community resources together, there is nothing that we can’t do,”said Lao

ELAC alum Reyna Hernandez, part of ELAC Outreach and recruitment office, was the final speaker of the event and reflected on her life on campus.

“East Los Angeles College was my savior,” Hernandez said. “While I wanted to pursue education, it was not my priority at the time as I worked jobs to not be homeless. When I did come to use the services ELAC provides, it helped me get focused to be a full-time student to be successful,” Hernandez said.

“I know that by working together and putting our

community resources together, there is

nothing we can’t do .”

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Los Angeles Community College District Chancellor Dr. Francisco C. Rodriguez, Ph.D was honored at East Los Angeles College last Thursday.

The awards ceremony marked the second annual awards reception that the Executive Latino Leadership Association (ELLA) has held in order to officially recognize the roles of important Latino leaders as well as the diversity of their members.

ELAC President Marvin Martinez shared his excitement for the new appointees by stating, “We are in great hands for the future of this community,” as they were introduced.

The newly appointed Rodriguez thanked the LACCD Board of

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Officials aim to improve student success

Trustees for their support with the encouraging phrase,“Echale Ganas!,” or “Do your best!”.

He said not everyone having

all the help and financial backup and that by taking risks anything can be possible. He also shared that something new can be created through collaboration.

R o d r i g u e z s e r v e d a s super in tenden t /p res iden t a t MiraCosta Community College District for five years and president

at Cosumnes River College for six years before his appointment. He has dedicated his time and career to diversity, equity and to outreach unrepresented communities.

Having lived in a family of factory workers on public assistance, Rodriguez closed his speech saying there is “no shame in struggle and that all of us (at) one point of our lives struggle, but from that struggle comes emergence.”

Hilda Solis thanked the voters to have her represent them on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Solis is the first Latina Secretary of Labor in the United States Cabinet.

“I am proud to be a part of ELLA, the power is here,” said

Solis explained the importance of higher education and the need to employ the young to take over positions of retirees, she wants to allow job creation and to be able to accomplish this with the education system.

Solis has represented areas

According to Martinez, buildings G-8 and H-8 will also be redone and modernized in order to house both the Anthropology and Earth Sciences departments.

His goal is to relocate all faculty, staff and students from the bungalows into the three buildings coming soon.

Once the summer of 2015 is finished, students will be asked to transfer into the new buildings, Martinez said.

His plan includes to completely remove the bungalows next to the Men’s Gym for future construction plans.

T h e t h i r d b u i l d i n g will house the Science Careers and Mathematics depar tments , wi th an estimated completion date is for spring 2017.

Martinez also said this plan is to serve more students than today and modernize the campus with new green facilities.

If there are no unforeseen s i t u a t i o n s w i t h t h e construction, ELAC will most likely be hosting a grand opening for the brand new buildings in the fall 2015, Martinez said.

leadership at it’s best—Supervisor-Elect Hilda Solis and Los Angeles Community College District Chancello Dr. Francisco C. Rodriguez are recognized as distinguished Latino leaders on Sept.11 by the Executive Latino Leadership at East Los Angeles College. Partricia Perez, left, Robert Sainz,Solis, Lisa Salazar of The Non-Profit Board of Trustees and Rodriguez take the stage after awards were presented.

District Chancellor recognized for serviceof the San Gabriel Valley, City of Los Angeles and East Los Angeles for over 20 years. She served as Congresswoman, State Assemblymember, State Senator and as a Rio Hondo Community College Board of Trustees Member.

ELLA’s mission is to advocate for equality services for the Latino community. The association not only promotes opportunities for Latinos to take on positions of leadership, but also establishes a pipeline for future Latino leaders through mentorship and support for students.

ELLA’s Awards Ceremony celebrated the importance in unity of the community to promote and advocate higher education. This will establish a pipeline for the advancement of Latino leaders, and help out families for a better future.

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The Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library and its partner organization, Asian American Economic Development Enterprises (AAEDE), are seeking paid tutors

for the 2014- 2015 Session of the Reading Rockets literacy program. Reading Rockets is an afterschool literacy program designed for at-risk children in 2nd through 6th grades. Students receive personalized tutoring to develop vital literacy skills and build confident readers. Reading Rockets was recently awarded the Public Library Association’s 2013 “Innovations in Literacy” award which recognizes unique and inventive literacy programs that result in a measurable impact on the library’s community. Tutors must be current college students or recent graduates at least 18 years of age and must be available every Monday through Thursday from 3:00‐5:30 p.m. between October 13, 2014 and May 28, 2015. Tutors will receive an hourly rate of $10.00. Qualified applicants will be contacted for an in person interview. Applicants should possess a combination of skills and experience suited to successful work with children and families. Flexibility, energy, sense of humor, patience, positive attitude, and the ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment are necessary. Bilingual ability in Mandarin or Cantonese is desirable, though not required. Applicants must submit an application (available on AAEDE’s website, www.aaede.org) and one copy of each of the following documents:

Resume College Transcripts (an unofficial copy is acceptable) Letter of Recommendation from a professor and/or a current or former supervisor (optional)

If selected, interns will also be required to attend a mandatory orientation and training on Thursday, October 9, 2014 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.), and to complete the following:

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All applications and supporting documents may be emailed to Diana Garcia, Reading Rockets Coordinator, at dgarcia@montereypark.ca.gov with the subject line “Reading Rockets Tutor Application,” or hand-delivered to the Children’s Desk of the Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library.

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Karen O releases successful solo album

The eccentric Karen O has released her intimate first solo album “Crush Songs” giving her fans a peek into her diary.

Unlike O’s day job as frontwoman for the explosive band the Yeah Yeah Yeahs where many electronic elements are packed tightly into each song, “Crush Songs” is much more simple.

Released on Julian Casablancas’ of The Strokes newly formed record label Cult Records, this solo album is truly a treasure of musical proportions.

O compiled a collection of private recordings from 2006 to 2010 where she only uses an acoustic guitar and minimal percussive instruments, giving many of the songs an unpolished sound.

The unpolished sounds work great when integrated with the lyrics that O sings. The songs are short and sweet, the lyrics are simply heartfelt.

This album includes a long track listing of 15 songs that many run under the 2 minute mark.

The best song on the album is the first single, “Rapt.”

The second track of this album gives a raw message of frustration when that person of interest becomes a bad habit that can be rather hard to kick when in love.

In the lyrics, O questions her person of interest if it is indeed worth to continue on with what may be a turbulent affair.

The conflict within the song is what any person who has had a consuming infatuation with someone can relate to.

The album progresses with more dreamy lullabies of different types of crushes. One in particular is the 11th track titled “King.”

The song alludes to the ‘King of Pop’ or Michael Jackson’s death with a fairy tale wonderment of where his spirit went.

The song is a fantastic tribute to the late singer

T h r o u g h o u t t h e a l b u m , a consistent sound of melodic instrumental and lyrics are heard.

However, in the 14th track, “Native Korean Rock,” it starts with spoken word.

O discusses growing up in modern times and how it isn’t easy.

The song then begins, but abruptly ends close to 1:10 minute mark.

The track plays out in silence and launches into the last track called

“Singalong” where multiple persons are singing along with O.

“Crush Songs” is a great album for those who are fans of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Karen O. They will understand and appreciate her concept of the album more than others might.

For those who like do-it-yourself produced albums, this is a great album to look into.

The non-traditional recording of each track along with the simplistic lyrics is what gives this album the most appeal.

Karen O’s “Crush Songs” is now available on iTunes or wherever records are sold.

BY Megan g. RazzettiStaff Writer

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Chicano artist Roberto Chavez exhibits work at VPAM

The Vincent Price Art Museum had many people fill the large gallery for the opening reception of the Roberto Chavez and the False University: A

Retrospective exhibition that included a walkthrough with the artist Roberto Chavez on Sept. 13.

Chavez is a big contributor to the Chicano art movement in East Los Angeles. Chavez’ collection of different art forms earned him recognition at the Vincent Price Art Museum.

His art expresses a variety of emotions ranging from peaceful moods and liveliness to those of distress.

Eager people filled the Large Gallery waiting for the opportunity to participate in a walkthrough with Chavez.

The first portraits Chavez presented to start the walkthrough are three self-portraits: The Artist As Tokyo Joe(1959), Self-Portrait in Blue(1963), and Self-Portrait with Beard (1979).

Each self-portrait ranged in texture, size and color and displayed the change in techniques used by Chavez.

The color of each portrait was selected based on the art materials and colors available to Chavez.

The artwork will be on display at VPAM until Dec. 6.

- Julianne Obregon

Demonstration—A group of spectators look on attentively as Roberto Chavez speaks on several paintings, making an enphasis on his painting entitled “Family Portrait” which hangs along side a painting of his oldest daughter.

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thankful—Curator Sybil Venegas, left, artist Roberto Chavez, and curator William Moreno stand together at the end of the walk through for the Roberto Chavez and the False University: a Retrospective at the Vincent Price Art Museum on Sept. 13 to thank everyone that attended the exhibition.

selfie—Self-Portrait in Blue, 1963 painted by Roberto Chavez is one of three self-portraits that are displayed at the beginning of the Chavez exhibit.

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suCCess—Visitors talk among themselves about the various art on the walls, produced throughout several years, as they freely roam looking at Chavez’ exhibit.

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Brandy Macias and the ELAC water polo team cruised to victory as they beat Pasadena City College , 16-10, Sept. 10 to open up the 2014-15 season.

Macias, a freshman who made her college debut, showed her potential and was an offensive force scoring seven of the Huskies’ 16 goals.

“I was really nervous being that this was my first college game,” Macias said.

“I think I could’ve done better, but it was fun.” Macias also finished the game with three assists.

The Huskies made a statement defensively from the beginning and the Lancers struggled to get the ball in the net during the first and second periods.

PCC missed their first six shot attempts before sophomore utility Lisa Munoz scored the Lancers’ first goal to start the second quarter.

T h e H u s k i e s d o m i n a t e d offensively and ended the second quarter with the lead, 9-2.

Defense was one of Head Coach Erik Matheson’s main focus during the offseason for the Huskies.

“We do a ton of defense f r o m t h e b e g i n n i n g . We do a little bit of shooting and a little bit o f o f f e n s e d u r i n g t h e entire thing, but defense i s k e y , ” Matheson said.

“I think you have to have a good defense in order to win a game. Defense was about 75 percent of the game.”

Despite playing the goalie position for the first time, ELAC freshman Ashley Alfaro made her defensive presence known as she protected the net and finished the game with five saves.

“It was pretty scary because I

Water polo dominates in home opener

didn’t think I was going to do good, but I guess I did all right today,” said Alfaro after the win.

“I was spaced out and was trying to just focus on the ball play.”

During the third and fourth quarters, technical issues with the scoreboard occurred and sophomore center-forward Caroline Liu picked

up momentum for the Lancers in the third quarter scoring six goals to cut the deficit to six.

Megan Mora, Lisa Munoz and Stephanie Velasco each scored two goals.

“I don’t like to blame technical issues at all, but I think the clock stopping kind of broke momentum of the game. That’s kind of what I was talking to them about,” Matheson said.

“If you’re down a little bit, you can get back up. We just needed to play our game no matter what the score was or how much time was left.”

The Huskies kept dominating offensively as they shared the ball and put their teammates in the right position to score.

ELAC freshman Wendy Centeno finished the game with four of the teams 12 assists.

“ I a m v e r y p l e a s e d ( w i t h t h e t e a m ’ s performance). We definitely shined in the areas I knew we would shine,

but there were a couple of areas I thought we could get a little stronger at,” Matheson said.

“We weren’t quite getting in there. We had some good outside-shot opportunities, but we weren’t getting it in. But all in all, I’m really happy. The ones that were going to step up I knew they were going to.”

The Huskies play at Mt. San Antonio College (3-1) today at 5:30 p.m.

BY andrew ruizStaff Writer

EYES ON THE BALL—ELAC’s Christina Burrola catches the ball, while alone in the flat, and immediately punches it in for her third goal in a 16-10 water polo win against Pasadena City College.

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“I think you have to have a good defense in order to win a game. Defense was about 75 percent of

the game.”

erik MathesonELAC Head Coach