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Speeding blue and white Gotham City Police cars, water explosions and trailers were sighted on campus last week as fi lming for “The Dark Knight Rises” took place, transforming EC’s parking lot into a Hollywood movie scenes.

Christopher Nolan is directing the fi lm and stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman.

Joining the cast as Catwoman is Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle, Tom Hardy as Bane, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, Mi-chael Caine as Alfred, Liam Neeson as Ra’s al Ghul, and Josh Pence as a younger Ra’s.

The movie, which began fi lming toward the end of Au-gust and fi nished early September, closed off the old two-level

parking structure to make way for the production team to set up its props.

Students like Imran Yusus, fi lm major, were excited to see the crew and took time from classes in hopes of getting a glimpse of the movies director.

“Nolan is one of the best directors in the world,” Yusus said. A notice of fi lming was distributed to neighbors around the

community as well as being posted in front of the fi lming site-and around the site as well.

According to the notice, the description of the scene being fi lmed was of an explosion, containing sparks and atmospheric smoke effects along with propane poppers.

“I didn’t know it was shooting here,” Edwin Qurioz, unde-cided major 17, said.

”I’ll defi nitely check it out, when it gets realeased,” he said.

NEWS LINE

-Jorge Camarillo

ICC Club Mixer to take place in Activities Center

Transfer workshop for students to take place

Annual Club Rush to be at the library lawnLast day to add classes

is approaching

The last day to add classes using MyECC is tomorrow. Online add as-sistance is available for students who need assistance.

Club Rush will take place next week from Monday to Thursday at 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Students will be able to meet representatives from different clubs and organizations and be able to join different.

Students who are looking for guar-anteed admission can go to the Trans-fer Admission Guarantee workshop next Thursday at 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Math and Computer Science Building Room 8.

The Inter-Club Council will host the ICC Club Mixer on Sept. 23 at 12 p.m. It will take place at the Ac-tivities Center East Lounge. Students will be able to socialize with different club members from the campus.

Faculty and students relive tragedy of 9/11

Math assistance is available for students

The EC Supplemental Instruction (SI) schedule for the fall semester for math assistance can be found on the offi cial EC website. Instructions to enrolling can also be found on the website.

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RememberingJolene Combs

New student reaches out for help

Loss still lingers in the minds of many Americans after the terrorist at-tack ten years ago on September 11.

“That tragic day was not just a loss for many Americans, but it was a loss for the Muslim population here in America as well,” Jasir Soomro, presi-dent of the Muslim Student Association, said. “Most people don’t know that 300 Muslims also died when the towers col-lapsed, leaving many Muslims very sad as well.”

Shamms Khalil, 18, chemistry major, remembers 9/11 starting with spontane-ous chaos that erupted from her teach-ers.

“As soon as I found out, I automati-

cally became fi lled with fear,” Khalil said.

“The feeling of chills rolling up and down my spine would not leave and I just began to cry,”she said.

Khalil, as well as many Muslim-Americans, said that 9/11 marked the beginning of a new era of hatred to-wards Muslims.

Khalil also said that the whole Is-lamic religion was going to get blamed for it.

Also growing up as a Muslim-Amer-ican, Sooria Hakimi, 20, nursing major, delt with ignorance from peers through-out her middle school.

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The six-year partnership between EC and Compton College is in jeopardy as President Tom Fallo gave a 90-day notice to the State Chancellor to dissolve the partnership over several issues, in-cluding budget problems.

“The issues that concern Fallo are not just the budget. The budget is just one of the problems, he is not in agreement with the fi nal budget,” Jeanie Nishime, vice president of Student and Commu-nity Advancement, said.

In Fallo’s announcement, he was vague and not forthcoming about what the issues really were, Nishime said.

However, Fallo did express a lot of concerns that he had about Compton College.

In the existing agreement, EC cannot resolve the partnership until it fi nds a replacement. It is

hoped that the new agreement will allow EC to leave without having to fi ll the diffi cult task of fi nding a replacement.

“It will be hard to fi nd another district to replace EC, if EC drops Compton, they probably won’t see an accreditation in our lifetime”, Lance Widman, political science professor, said.

In the past, things have not always gone smoothly at Compton College, but some faculty and students believe that Comp-ton College is on the verge of getting its accredita-tion back.

According to market research done in 2009 by Belden, Russonello and Stewart, more than half of the local residents in Compton think

that Compton College should remain under the auspices of El Camino College for the sake of accredi-tation and other reasons.

It has been rumored around the Compton campus among the students and

faculty that the college is close to obtaining their accreditation.

“Why pull away when we are so close (to ob-

taining accreditation)? It’s like dropping a bomb.” Jewel Hoof, Alpha Gamma Sigma Club President of Compton College, said.

According to the market research by Belden, Russonello, and Stewart EC makes an additional $4 million a year to carry Compton College’s ac-creditation; it has been a very benefi cial partner-ship fi nancially to EC and academically for Comp-ton College.

The Compton College Academic Senate and union leaders are also in favor of preserving the partnership

A short letter was written to the Chancellor re-questing his presence at Compton to answer their question directly about the partnership issue.

Since the partnership, enrollment at Compton College has fl ourished, students are earning de-grees, certifi cates and transferring to four-year col-leges; losing accreditation would be like losing a lifelong goal for a lot of students.

Hollywood comes to campus

With the recent opening of the Social Science Building, students and faculty are excited about the technology that they will be able to use.

Last spring, much of the area in front of the Music Building was restricted, causing students and faculty to take de-tours and making their attempts at enter-ing the Music Building a challenge.

“The Initial redesign (of the Social Science Building) wasn’t very good, so the faculty and the administration got together and came up with some new ideas and the plans were redesigned,” Gold said.

“I’m very pleased with the new build-ing. The classrooms look great, they’re all modern and they all have the tech-

nology you need. The offi ces are smaller than we’re used to but they’re all mod-ern and up-to-date,” she said.

With classes starting last week, ev-eryone has been able to get to classes a bit easier now, that some of the con-struction has fi nished.

All the classrooms are “smart” class-rooms with built-in Wi-Fi and also will have document image cameras.

The renovation of the building cost $5.6 million and the funds came from Measure E as well as the state, Tom Fallo, president, said, during the opening ceremony speech of the Social Science Building.

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Renovations are under way

Separation in the works between Compton College and ECSheila BroussardStaff Writer

Construction cones and black tarps blocked off portions of the Lot F parking struc-ture where props were built for fi lming of “The Dark Knight Rises” movie.

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Claudia Ramirez, undecided major, fi nds help from Lisa George, Library Media Technician from the Learning Resource Center

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““Why pull away when we are so close (to obtaining ac-creditation)? It’s like dropping a bomb.”

—Jewel HoofAlpha Gamma Sigma Club

President of Compton College.

Eman Elshiyab and Nicholette Raecke

Viridiana Vaca-Rios and Andrew Lim

September 8, 2011 / El Camino College Union2 NEWSPOLICE BEAT

Campus police takes more safety precautions at EC

With the crime rate going up at an alarming rate around EC, accoridng to the Los Angeles Times, the campus police is cautious about students’ safety on campus, urging students to stay aware of their sur-roundings.

According to the Los Angeles Times, property and violent crimes have increased in the past six months in the nearby and surrounding areas, includ-ing the neighboring Alondra Park.

“What many students may not know is our pol-lice cadets are not only giving out tickets, but they are constantly doing their routine checks and observing any possible dangers on campus,” Sgt. Dal Toruno of the campus police said.

Toruno said that the cadets and the other police of-fi cers take safety very seriously on campus and have created a close bond with their surrounding agencies in case of serious emergencies.

The campus has many features and services to keep the students safe, he added.

“Students have many features like the phones

found in the parking lots, there are phones provided inside the buildings. There are surveillance cameras around campus that helped in other cases,” Toruno said.

“For night students there is a shuttle provided from 5 to 10:30 p.m. Once the shuttle closes, students can call for a police offi cer to escort them to their vehicle. It may take longer or they may be busy but someone will come out; students are always welcome.”

Toruno said that key and fl at tire services are also offered to students who may need them.

However, despite the cadets, students are cautious about their safety and are not taking any risks.

“I don’t have any night classes but if I did, I wouldn’t walk alone to my car. I would use the buddy system or park near the building my classes are in,” Guadalupe Gonzalez, 21, chemistry major said.

According to the Campus Police website, students should also know where the EC code blue phone sta-tions are located, and use discretion and caution when walking through shortcuts on campus.

“Just to be on the safe side I think all women should carry a bottle of pepper spray with them,” Daniel Miller, 20, undecided major, said. “You never know who is watching.”

Sal Valencia, Multimedia Support Technician, shows Maria A. Brown, history professor, something on her computer in her new classroom in the recently renovated Social Science Building.

Budget continues to impact students Fee increases may be in the

future for students at EC due to additional reductions in funding, Jo Ann Higdon, vice president of Administrative Services, said

Higdon said that the state re-duced the amount of funding to the college by 6.2 percent and raised the student fees from $26 to $36 for the fall semester.

Additional reductions in funding of 2.3 percent and an-other potential increase in fees to $46 will be known after Decem-ber 15.

She said a mid-year $10 in-crease in fees would be a dis-appointment to many students because campuses would have to collect the fees from students

who had already enrolled for the spring semester.

Jeanie Nishime, vice presi-dent of Students and Community Advancement, said last year EC was at 19,000 equivalent stu-dents and now is at 18,187.

Higdon mentioned that with budget cuts comes what is called “work load reduction,” which means the state funds professors to educate fewer students, which forces the college to reduce the number of course section offer-ings

“Reduction in course offer-ings automatically reduces EC’s part time faculty,” she said. “Un-fortunately, that is something we must accept.”

Faculty members will face a diffi cult semester adding any stu-

dents, Nishime said.“In terms of faculty, they are

not adding students,” she said. “If they do add they are not get-ting paid for it.”

Tom Fallo, president of EC, reported that three years ago the state budget was at $106 billion and now it is at $86 billion.

“After looking at the bud-get several times, winter session has been restored, and we will be having it,” Fallo said while speaking to faculty at the Marsee Auditorium. “However, we are not sure about summer and win-ter session being available for next year.”

While the college continues to budget conservatively, some faculty members like Higdon, worry budget cuts may get worse

and affect a lot of students as well as the faculty.

She pointed out that students should contact their local legisla-tors.

“Let the legislators know how important the opportunity to obtain an education at EC is, and ask them to spare commu-nity colleges from further cuts,” she said.

Due to the budget cuts, a lot of students have already been di-rectly impacted.

Barbara Budrovich, Writ-ing Center coordinator, said the Writing Center can no longer print anything for students.

Staff is also telling students to use the pay-for-print service instead which is located in the basement of the Schauerman Li-

brary.Unfortunately, students do

not always get the classes they need on time, leaving them no choice but to try and add classes.

“It has been ridiculously hard adding classes this semester,” Dania Jesri, biology major, said. “This is the fi rst year where I’ve seen none of the teachers adding any students.”

Jesri said that since teachers aren’t adding any students that she is left going to different col-leges in order to fi nd the classes she needs.

“We strive to distance our students from the budget cuts, and it’s highly recommended that students register for classes early to be sure that they get the classes they need,” Higdon said.

Eman ElshiyabCo-Opinion EditorMale cited for petty theft

and drug paraphernalia

Aug. 31, 11:50 a.m.—Of-fi cers arrested a male student for allegedly stealing a text-book from the Bookstore. The student was allegedly in pos-session of drug paraphernalia. He was referred to Torrance Police Department and booked on possession of paraphernalia and petty theft. He will also be referred to the dean of Student Development.

Offi cers responded to a suspicious male

Aug. 30, noon—Offi cers responded to a suspicious male subject at the Technical Arts Building. The non-student at-tempted to add a class, but ap-peared to be mentally unstable. The subject threatened other students and the professor. Of-fi cers referred the male to Har-bor UCLA Medical Hospital for a 72-hour medical mental assessment.

Offi cers responded to a two-car collision

Aug. 29, 12:30 p.m.—Of-fi cers responded to a traffi c collision at the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and El Camino Way. The vehicle trav-eling northbound made a left turn onto El Camino Way and was struck by another vehicle heading southbound on Cren-shaw Boulevard. One vehicle reported moderate damage and was towed. No injuries were reported.

—Ashley Marie Patterson

BUILDINGContinued from Page 1

Bob Gann, facilities director, said that there are future plans to close down other walkways.

“The north side of the Music Build-ing was blocked off,” Bruce Hoern-ing, assistant director of facilities, said. “However, the music students are go-ing to endure more blockage. We are planning to block the south side of the building as well, but only to renovate and connect the Music Building with the new Math Business and Allied Health Building.”

Gann said that the southside of the Music Building will be blocked off in the beginning of October.

While plans for other construction are also in the works, Gann said every time there is a closed walkway and con-struction, there is an updated map of the campus areas that is being worked on to better help students make their way on campus.

However, students as well as faculty have been having problems trying to manuever around the construction sites.

“Many of the other faculty members who parked closer to the Marsee Au-ditorium, were using the parking lot in

front of the Music Building,” Karen Al-len, administrative clerk in the Admin-istration Building, said. “I had diffi culty fi nding parking convenient and close to the building.”

Also as a future construction plan will be the stadium and track on campus.

“The new plan will be to combine the new fi eld and track to where the track is inside the stadium,” Gann said.

The anticipated time of when most of these new projects will be done will be the summer and fall of 2014.

Gann said that the parking lots will also be included in the renovations, with lighting and security being upgraded on all parking lots, except for the new park-ing structure; cameras will also be added to many of the parking areas..

While many professors such as Lance Widman, political science profes-sor, and Christina Gold, history profes-sor, were relocated to different parts of the campus due to the renovation, they were happy to see that their new upgrad-ed home is fi nally open.

“You get in certain habits at the old buildings,” Widman said. “I taught there for 30 years and I was comfortable there. Here, we’re going to have learn every-thing over again. We’re going to have a pretty big learning curve getting used to all this technology.”

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“My classmates would all make jokes about me being a terrorist or related to Osama bin Laden,” Hakimi said. “It took me a while to be proud of who I am and where I came from.”

Soomro said that the fact of the matter is that Ameri-cans are still not knowledgeable about Muslims, so when Fox News reports, ‘Muslims are bringing their laws into America,’ many of them will believe it.

However, he said that is as much of a blatant lie as Muslims are not doing their job well.

“Muslims are encouraged to explain what Islam really is,” Soomro said.

“I do as much as I can to educate Americans around me that Muslims do not encourage violence, it is written in the Quran that, ‘If you kill one life, it is as if you have killed all of humanity,’” Soomro said.

With the current war, the military needed many troops who were willing to fi ght for their nation. Some of those troops were family and friends of students.

Samantha Titos, 20, microcomputers operation major, said that after the terrorist attack, many of her friends and

a lot of her family joined the military.“It has affected me a lot that they were going off to

war,” Tito said. “I will never forget about 9/11.”However, Tito manages to stay positive in life and re-

fuses to lose faith in the system.“I am a very spiritual person and I feel that I am at

peace, I don’t want to give our enemies the opportunity to feel that by distracting us that they have won,” Tito said.

Also Michelle Levert, 20, music major, believes no one should be overly negative about things.

“It’s a matter of getting on with life,” Levert said. “I think we will be OK.”

Greg Scott, mathematics professor, recalled his time in the military on that day, starting out with his history in the ROTC.

Along with his scholastic achievements, he was able to enlist as an offi cer. He came close to seeing battle, and still remembers how well he was trained.

“I feel our nation need not worry about our security, as we’ll be able to withstand any further acts of terrorism, as long as we continue at a peace-keeping mission,” Scott said.

With new guidelines the Transportation Security Ad-ministration (TSA) still manages to disappoint many Mus-lim-Americans when traveling.

“I am always disappointed when I travel to New York to see my family,” Hakimi said. “The TSA have given me ‘random’ searches multiple times.”

Soomro said the United States should do everything it can to keep the citizens safe and secure; but to continue the war on terrorism to the level it has been at from the Bush Era to the Obama Administration is excessive, he added.

“At the airport I make sure to wear my ‘I must be pop-ular, I get stopped at airports’ t-shirt. It always gives the TSA a good laugh,” Soomro said.

Ashley Marie Patterson

Students reported purses stolen

Aug. 29, 10:30 a.m.—Two female students reported their purses stolen at the Bookstore. The two students placed their purses in the available lock-ers. When they returned, their purses were gone.

Student’s cell phone reported missing

Aug. 29, 10:15 a.m.—A fe-male student reported her cell phone missing at the fi rst fl oor of the Schauerman Library. A young man approached her and when he began conversing with her, he put his backpack on top of her phone. When the male left, the student’s phone was gone.

“I feel our nation need not worry about our security, as we’ll be able to withstand any further acts of terrorism, as long as we continue at a peace-keeping mission.”

—Greg Scottmathematics professor

Tayani DavisStaff Writers

/Union Joshua Sherman

/Union Vanessa AdamsTaylor Smith, police cadet, welcomes a student onto the shuttle which is available from 5 to 10:30 p.m.

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Two years.The average amount of time spent at EC by stu-

dents working on their future careers. However, the impact and dedication that Jolene

Combs, journalism professor, had on her students was enough to last them a lifetime.

With both her parents as journalists, Combs was born into the journalism profession.

She lived for journalism and spread that love and passion with her very own family, her husband and children who are also journalists.

Often asked how she knew journalism was the ca-reer for her, her reply would be simple.

She didn’t choose journalism, but journalism chose her.

Combs died on July 13, 2011 at age 69, of an ap-parent heart attack while undergoing pneumonia treat-ment.

Her death was shocking not only to her family and friends, but to many of the people she inspired in the journalism fi eld, including current and former students on the campus newspaper.

While a professor here, the Warwhoop, later re-named the Union, won three National Associated Col-legiate Press Pacemaker awards and 10 Regional As-sociated Collegiate Press Pacemaker awards.

It was also won numerous Journalism Association of Community Colleges General Excellence Awards.

It was no secret that Combs lived for journalism and spread her passion for the journalism profession with everyone she came across.

Many of her students pursued a career in journalism and moved on to such publications as the Daily Breeze, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post and several TV networks.

“Jolene loved what she did and if she didn’t, she sure was a good pretender. She instilled in me my love for journalism, Marcy Santana, reporter for the Herald

Publications, said. “I loved writing, but she taught me how to love journalism.”

Even after retiring, Combs stayed at EC as profes-sor emeritus helping advise both Union advisers Lori Medigovich and Kate McLaughlin.

“The thing for me about Jolene, was that she made it so much fun. She always took the time to see how I was doing and cared about my personal and profes-sional life,” Medigovich said. “She really worked hard and cared about people. She was wonderful and she was a joy to work whether we were at work or hanging out, she was always a joy to be around.”

Some of her students went on to work for different publications and one student in particular returned to where her journalism career began, as a student in the

journalism department.Now a Union adviser and journalism instructor at

EC, McLaughlin remembers working with Combs as a student and as a colleague.

“When things would hit the fan, she would smile and we would work through it all,” McLaughlin said. “She never lost her cool and said a positive can do at-titude can do anything. She never dwelled in negativity and always marched forward.”

Although three years have passed since the last time he was a student of hers, Matt Lopez, former Editor-in-Chief of the Union still remembers many of Combs’ lessons.

“I remember I couldn’t spell separate and she would always get on me for that. I work for the Daily Breeze and in my fi rst story I put the word separate and the next day she emailed me and said Thank god you

spelled it right!” Lopez said. Combs provided her students with the skills and

education needed to be successful in journalism; how-ever, she also provided everyone with support and believed in their dreams as much as her students did themselves.

“She gave me the trust that I needed and believed in me. She made me feel like I was capable of anything,” Noraly Hernandez, reporter for the Herald Publica-tions, said. “She was a motivator, and having her be-lieve in me made me want to keep trying to succeed.”

Although Combs motivated and believed in many of the people she mentored, many agreed that she was not the type of person to give up on anyone.

“If you fell, and she was around, you better be able to spring back up. If you were lost, she would help you fi nd your way back, Santana, former Warwhoop editor-in-chief, said. “She always saw the good in everything.

Combs was the type of person to give. The time and dedication she had and gave her stu-

dents was unparalled to anything else. Hoping to keep her legacy alive, a scholarship has

been establish by the Combs family in her memory to support the students who were an important part of her life.

It is all a mere reminder that EC has lost an impor-tant part of the journalism department.

However, the knowledge, memories and wisdom that Combs instilled in many will be lived through all the people she infl uenced and guided.

Professor Combs, will always be remembered.

“I loved it when J.C. affi rmed her faith in my ability to accomplish whatever I wanted to do.”

Robert Meeks, Video editor, Press-Telegram

“She inspired me to be better in every way, her innate ability to connect with every person on the staff was amazing. she always kept tabs on everything that you

were doing.” Matt Lopez,

former Union Editor-in-Chief

Jolene Combs parents would publish a magazine every year for

her birthday. Courtesy of the Combs family

Left:Combs was inducted into the EC Women’s Hall Of Fame in

Right:Combs was an avid USC Trojan fan. She attended football games frequently.

Courtesy of the Combs family

We will remember you always Jolene Combs, journalism professor, with her unwavering love for teaching and journalism, inspired students and faculty alike.

Viridiana Vaca-Rios Editor-in-Chief

Combs shown here with her husbamd, Winton Combs, enjoyed travel-ing around the country on

their plane.

Courtesy of the Combs family

Haipha Simon Warrior Life Editor-in-Chief

“If you were lost, she would help you fi nd you way back,”

Marcy Santana, Reporter for the Wave

Publications

If you would like to contribute to the scholar-ship, please send your contributions to the Foundation Offi ce. You can also go to the Foundation website at www.elcaminocolleg-efoundation.org to contribute online.

“I loved her passion for journalism and for teaching. It was infectious and it was unrelenting. “

Jim Benning, Co-Founder of WorldHum

“Even if she spoke to you for fi ve minutes she made you feel important by remembering little things about you.“

Noraly Hernandez, Herald Publications

Driving around the campus parking lot in a panic, she looks at her watch and anx-iously waits for an available spot.

Grabbing her books, she gets out of the car and rushes towards her class, hoping to get there on time.

Taking the same route as she has be-fore, she comes to a halt as a bright or-ange sign displays, “walkway closed.”

Cones, detours, closed sidewalks and dirt seem to be everywhere.

Construction on campus has been an absolute mess for the past two semesters, making a simple walk down the walk-way, resemble that of a maze with signs marked, “Wrong Way.”

Just as one thinks that they have dis-covered a new shortcut on the campus to avoid any of the constructions, new signs keep appearing making one’s attempts a bit more confusing.

Spring semester marked the beginning of the massive Math and Business Ad-ministration Building project and the be-ginning of student frustration.

Like most students and faculty, music students in particular had a diffi cult time during the massive turn around, making their usual fi ve minute walk, a bit longer.

Although the construction on campus is frustrating and in some students opin-ion, exhausting, in the end it will benefi t everyone.

One should consider that all the con-struction happening on campus is to ben-efi t the campus in the long run.

With the new plans to build a new sta-

dium, Bookstore and renovate the Student Activities Center, it looks as if everyone won’t have a choice but to put up with the construction.

Yes, there is a lot of construction hap-pening on campus, but look at the bright side.

All it is making students and faculty do is walk longer. That is all.

One solution for students is to be bet-ter prepared when making their way on campus.

Look up the construction map available on the EC website and plan the walking paths.

Everytime there is a new closure on campus, it is updated on the college’s website.

The construction will not only create a campus that is up to date visually and technologically, but it will benefi t future students to attend this campus in the fu-ture.

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Mentors could be the key to success for many students

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Construction on campus benefi cial in the end

Graduating high school was the easy part compared to this. After graduating, I was sad to be leaving because I had just fi nished one of my favorite years in high school. To be honest, it did not prepare me for college, I was not being taught any-thing that I didn’t already know.

Let’s face it, college is a new experi-ence for anyone who’s new to it. It’s the diving board of life someone great once told me. However, let me say that I don’t know what to expect, I don’t really know how to feel, but with the help of people I am getting a good start.

After taking the placement exam, I knew I didn’t do well. I had placed into low level English and math classes. As time passed, I knew I would be able to ben-efi t from this and looked at it as a chance to learn everything from the start. However, it will take me a while to graduate and be-gin what I am truly excited for, journalism.

College fi nances can be confusing yet challenging. After seeking help from the fi nancial aid offi ce, I had felt relieved and felt as if I had a lot of weight off my shoul-ders. The less stress just makes me even more excited to begin college.

Although it will be my fi rst year at EC, I will have to do my best to fi nd ways on how to be engaged in the extracurricular

and college life. I also want to make myself stand out from the crowd.

I would like to pursue a ca-reer in journalism and I believe you can fi nd stories in many things such as events and top-ics outside of your life and it’s just another story that deserves to

be on paper.When I walked into the halls of EC, I

did not know how I would feel. The only thing I know I must do is keep positive and stand tall. Once I do that, I will continue to have the best years of my life. Smooth beginnings have smooth endings.

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Vol. 64, No. 01March 3, 2011

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Mentors are considered counselors who give advice from their own personal knowledge and experiences; peo-ple to admire. They are personal guides who assist and pro-vide valuable information and insight on life’s situations and their possible outcomes.

For students, a mentor is there to not only guide them through classes and homework, but to help them achieve their dreams and goals. Every student should make an ef-fort to fi nd a connection with a professor, counselor or ad-ministrator. It’s the people like them that can help students fi nd their way through the stressful and unsure moments that make up a college career.

According to Mentor.org, a national mentor organiza-tion, mentors can be benefi cial to younger adults and make them feel as though there is an “adult who cares about them and their future.”

For anyone who is in college or deciding to begin at-tending college, having a mentor in the career one chooses is a good way to stay focused.

The website also explains that mentors can benefi cial to

a student’s education, work and day-to-day life.Connecting-Generations.org, a nationwide mentor pro-

gram, said in their statewide statistics report, during 2009 and 2010, that mentoring increases self-confi dence in stu-dents, and that 96 percent of their mentors saw improve-ment in their mentees.

The website also reported that same percentage wanted mentors for their following years.

As long as a mentee is willing to listen and learn, they will be able to take on different tasks. Students are men-tees: sponges ready to absorb information.

Students appreciate mentors because they provide fi rst-hand knowledge from their experiences.

They are able to assist students in their education, pro-fession and day-to-day life, according to Mentor.org.

There are many educators throughout EC that play an important role in the lives of students. One in particular, has touched the lives of many of the editorial board.

Professor Jolene Combs was a big part of the journal-ism department here.

She was motivating and helped numerous students not only to succeed in journalism, but to be successful in life.

Like any mentor should, she led by example. With an unwavering love for journalism, her spirit and positive at-titude was infectious. There was no such thing as a ques-tion too small, or a worry a too big for her to answer and handle.

After Combs died suddenly this summer, her students were shocked to have lost an important professor, who not only taught, but cared for the well being of her students.

Combs introduced her students to journalism as more than writing, but as a possible career path. She infl uenced her students to be more than exceptional.

She is one example of a professor who took teaching to another level, one that helped others, mostly students, join the ranks of professionals.

There are many ways to succeed as a college student, but the help of someone who’s been there before will def-initely make a difference. They know what it takes, and they’ll make sure you get there.

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Become part of nature inside the Art Gallery as classical landscape paint-ings adorn the white walls and abstract images have become the inspiration of “Earth and Sky.” The solo-show, running through Sept. 23, features the artwork of Fine Arts Professor Emeritus Carson Gladson.

Consisting of multi-layered paint-ings, intricate pastel drawings and digital collages, the exhibit creates depth using landscape as the medium.

“It is an inspiring use of landscape,” Susanna Meiers, Art Gallery curator, said. “His depth to response to natural beauty is amazing and seems to carry him through life.”

An internationally distinguished land-scape artist, Gladson, now retired from EC, taught painting and drawing for over 40 years and inspired many he came into contact with, both students and profes-

sors alike, Harrison Storms, fi ne arts pro-fessor and colleague of Gladson, said.

“His landscapes are beautiful,” he said. “They are very intricate and there is a sense of connection to the landscape of earlier times.”

Now surrounded by the San Bernardino Mountains, Gladson uses his intense rela-tionship with nature to create a personal experience for each viewer, Meiers said.

“I have always admired his work,” she said. “He helps people to see landscape in a different way because his vision is so deep.”

“Falling Leaf,” “Rhythms in a Sunset Breeze,” and “View From a Cave” are just a few of the pastoral and serene paintings that depict California landscapes. And with different colors, elements and shapes moving through his artwork, Meiers said Gladson is a “color master.”

“His (art) is a color study; a way of set-ting up a problem that brings in colors and concepts,” she said. “And he has a con-trolled use of particular colors.”

While many of his images are rich in color, some of Gladson’s drawings take on mandala form – Hindu and Buddhist sacred art consisting of a square inside a circle with a center point. Not only are mandalas used as a focusing device for drawing, they are also used in spiritual tra-ditions, Meiers said.

And for one student, this basic spiritual form was evident in Gladson’s paintings and his character was revealed to her in many of his pieces.

“From his work, I can tell what type of a person he is,” Ana Rodriguez, 20, fash-ion design major said. “He is a really soft person.”

As she peered into the Art Gallery, Ro-driguez said Gladson’s impressive style and abstract artwork lured her in.

“I noticed pastels right away,” Rodri-guez said. “It is so hard to work with pas-tels so I admire his good hand control.”

But with his sharp eye-hand coordina-tion on top of many years of intense draw-ing and playing improvisational piano,

Gladson recently took on a new form of artwork he calls “transparent collage.” He combines photography with his paintings and drawings to create digital overlapping, Meiers said.

Gladson’s artwork is showcased in Oakland Art Museum, San Francisco Mu-seum of Modern Art and Long Beach Mu-seum also including many private collec-tions throughout the U.S., according to the press release.

No matter what form of media Gladson uses, acrylic paint, pastels, water colors or computer techniques, his artwork consis-tently presents the environment that sur-rounds his life.

“His work is compelling and deep,” Meiers said. “It is a delight to have his art-work showcased in the Art Gallery.”

An artist’s reception will be held to-night from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Art Gallery.

The hours of operation are Monday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesday and Thursday from 12 to 8 p.m. Admission is free.

6 ARTS September 8, 2011 / El Camino College Union

Explore ‘Mongolia, Land of Genghis Khan’

See the desert, steppes, and glacial mountains landlocked be-tween China and Russia in Buddy Hatton’s travel fi lm, “Mongolia, Land of Genghis Khan.”

The fi lm will show on Monday at 3 p.m. and then at 7:30 p.m. in Marsee Auditorium. Tickets are $7, or $6 with an ASB discount, and available at the Ticket Offi ce or by calling 800-832-ARTS.

—Natalie Sripongkosol

Interested in singing? Pas-sionate about art, music, dance or design? If any of these are your passion, consider joining a club at EC.

The Inter-Club Council will be hosting fall 2011 Club Rush week on the library lawn starting Mon-day through Sept. 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Interested persons call ICC at 310-660-6399.

D.L. Hughley, producer of “The Hughleys” and a popular comedian on “The Original Kings of Comedy,” performs on Sept. 16 at 8 p.m., at The Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach.

The comedian has appeared in “Shackles” and “The Brothers,” as well as headlining many hit comedy shows on Comedy Cen-tral. Tickets are $30 and available for purchase by calling CMC at 310-372-1193.

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ICC hosts Club Rush for fall

D.L. Hughley takes stage for one night only

Club

Comedy

‘Earth and Sky’ at the Art GalleryJoseph Clausen, 25, English major, observes the artwork of Professor Emeritus Carson Gladson featured in the Art Gallery as Ana Rodriguez, 19, fashion design major, takes a closer look.

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Ashley CurtinArts Editor

Kaycie Fellows, 20, fashion and merchandising major, fi nds inspiration in music and designing graphic T-shirts for fans.Joshua Sherman /Union

STAR RISING

DJ spins into fashion designAshley CurtinArts Editor

Adrenaline rushes through her body as she steps into the disc jockey booth. She takes a deep breath, positions her hands on the turntables and starts the fl ow of music. Staring out at the dancing crowd, she spins the night away.

Drawn to music and the stage at a young age, Kaycie Fellows, 20, fashion and merchandising major, put a halt to her profes-sional singing career, traded in the guitar and piano in exchange for turntables.

“I’ve always been musically inclined, playing the guitar and piano practically all my life,” Fel-lows said. “But those skills and practices weren’t relevant to my life anymore or the society that I lived in.

“I needed to fi nd a way to convert my passion for music in a way that could captivate the friends I hung out with, the people I networked with and my fellow peers I associated with; DJing was that way,” she said.

Known to fans as DJ Lady Vice, she fi rst positioned her hands on the turntables and

mixed beats at her birthday party in 2010.

And since that night Fellows has been sought out for her mu-sical acumen, performing at sev-eral music festivals, private house parties and many well-known Los Angeles night clubs includ-ing Geisha House, KRESS and Club Arena. She credits her suc-cess as a DJ to her dedication and determination along with the help of local DJs and friends Bulimiat-

ron, Slimecity and Robb Bass. Fellows spins all types of mu-

sic; electronic dance, house, drum and bass as well as radio hits.

“I’m inspired by music that has hidden messages to uncover,” Fellows said.

Along with music, Fellows said fashion has been a really big part of her life. Following in the footsteps of her grandmother, a designer in Paris, she enrolled in the fashion program at EC.

“I remember playing dress-up

in my grandmother’s closet,” Fel-lows said. “I wanted to be just like her but this passion of mine became more realistic when I got older.”

And recently participating in EC’s annual fashion show, “Cosmic Nights,” Fellows’ haute couture designs debuted on the runway and won fi rst place in the evening gown category.

Along with designing run-way pieces, Fellows is creating a graphic T-shirt collection to com-pliment her DJ career.

“Everyone loves to wear T-shirts,” she said. “I want to be able to throw a shirt into the crowd and see my fans wearing my designs.”

Fellows enjoys her continued success as a DJ and loves the way music fi ts perfectly with fash-ion.

As she aspires to one day have her own empire within the enter-tainment industry, she said her ultimate goal is to direct her fans’ attention in a positive way that will add benefi t to their lives.

“The most important thing is to always be yourself and don’t conform to anyone else,” Fellows said.

‘Shark Night 3D’ nips

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After her boyfriend comes from behind, giving the woman a scare, she is left to peace-fully wade in the calm lake water while he heads back to the trailer. But before long, her body is being fl ung in every direction as blood clouds the water and she fi ghts for her life. Screaming for help, no one is in sight as she succumbs to the shark.

It sounds like an all too fa-miliar opening scene but “Shark Night 3D” doesn’t come close to living up to the classic horror

fi lm, “Jaws.”Directed by David R. Ellis,

who also directed “Final Desti-nation 1” and “Final Destination 2,” he probably won’t be making a sequel to this fi lm.

Starring Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan and Katharine McPhee, the fi lm is built around a predict-able plot, little suspense and no thrill. Together with Chris Car-mack, Alyssa Diaz, Joel David Moore, Donal Logue, Sinqua Walls, and Chris Zylka, the col-lege students head to an isolated elegant lake house in Louisiana for a weekend of partying. But the fun ends abruptly when, what

looks to be a wake boarding ac-cident, turns into a bizarre shark attack.

Malik (Walls), a star football player, emerges from the salt-water lake missing half his arm and the mood quickly changes as the friends scramble to get him to a nearby hospital off of the island. This proves inevi-table as each friend goes down one-by-one, eventually realizing that someone fi lled the lake with human feasting sharks. And the sheriff obviously has something to do with it.

But all this drama brings little horror and an even more predict-able ending.

Aside from the fi lm’s pre-dictability and poor acting, the movie’s scare tactics are very weak. With a PG-13 rating, the gore and action are far from present throughout the fi lm. And the horror was completely cut out of the script.

Besides a few pieces of hu-man fl esh fl ying at the screen and a great white shark showing its razor sharp teeth, wearing the 3-D glasses became more of a nuisance than a thrill. For many scenes there were no shark sight-ings, rather, a bloody, arm-less Malik takes the place of these fi sh. Aside from a shark jumping high out of the water and closing in on the kill, the fi sh are far from a threat.

A few drips of blood com-ing from the characters’ bodies might be the only disturbing images evident on the big screen. And the only fright comes from the dark, night sky which is the setting of the entire fi lm.

Aside from the far-fetched story line the fi lm is not even close to a shark attack.

If you want a thriller that has you on the edge of your seat, “Shark Night 3D” will do anything but scare. It will have you laughing through to the end. Instead, stick to reruns of “Shark Week” on Discovery Channel; at least the real thing will give you nightmares.

Ashley CurtinArts Editor

SPORTS 7September 8, 2011 / El Camino College Union

Water Polo teams look to contend in conference this season

The men’s and women’s water polo teams are looking to improve signifi cantly this season.

The men’s team will be playing with 10 new players and without last season’s lead-ing scorer, Noah Rubke.

“This team is signifi cantly stronger and more balanced this season,” Corey Stan-bury, coach, said. “Casey Boyce is a strong lefty and outside shooter.”

The team will also be look to replace the college’s all-time assists leader, Javier Mo-lina who left the team after graduating.

“This team has a lot of balance, a good

goalie and a lot of strong shooters,” Stan-bury said.

The team has a total of fi ve returning players who look to make an immediate impact for the team.

These returners are Erik Hernandez, Dennis Kalthoff, Felix Manriquez, Adam Moine and Reza Vahabnezhad.

“Erik Hernandez is a strong outside shooter and Dennis is a strong counter at-tack player,” Stanbury said.

The team will look to start off the season with a win when they participate in the San-ta Monica College Tournament tomorrow.

The women’s team will also be looking to leave last season behind after fi nishing

with a 2-22 record.The team is much larger this year and

will suit-up a total of 18 athletes.The team will be looking at top recruit-

ed, Alexis Solaro, to make an immediate impact for the team.

“She has outstanding shooting ability and very good defense,” Stanbury said.

Alongside Solaro, returner Kirstie Wand, who set a school record last season, willl also be leaned on to have an impact for this team.

They will be joined by Ariel Carillo, Ta-mara Thebodeau, and Paige Canning.

“Ariel Carrillo is a good overall and shooter and Tamara Thebodeau is also a

good all-around player,” Stanbury said. “Paige Canning is an outstanding defense.”

After being near the end of the pack last season the team is looking to make a move this season.

“I see us moving up several spots in the conference and winning more than ten games,” Stanbury said.

The team will begin its season when they go up against Rio Hondo College Wednes-day at home at 3 p.m.

The women will look to start a new sea-son are anxious to make up for a subpar per-formance last season.

“This team has a good attitude and solid water polo knowledge.” Stanbury said.

Matt Simon

Spots Editor

Volleyball team looks toward stateThe women’s volleyball team

has won eight conference titles in eight years, two of those years as state champions. With the 2011 season approaching, it looks to make it nine in a row.

The team went undefeated (14-0) in conference play last year and was named California Com-munity College Athletic Associa-tion (CCCAA) South Conference Champions.

But after losing in the third round of regional playoffs to state champions Los Angeles Pierce College (LAPC), the 2010 season came to an end with a 25-3 over-all.

“Our fi rst goal is to win our conference and once we accom-plish that, we aim to win states,” Sarah McFadden, setter and a 2010 American Volleyball Coach-es Association (AVCA) second team recipient, said.

And with seven returning play-ers and a few seasoned newcom-ers, the Warriors are confi dent that maturity will push them further than last year.

“Our goal, every year, is to make it to states,” Le Valley Pat-

tison, coach, said. “I think this is a very strong team. Everyone knows their roles, so I look for-ward to see how they gel as a team and put it all together.”

The team’s offense is led by Kaitlyn Edwards, outside hitter, who averaged 2.95 kills a game along with twin sister, Lauren Edwards, middle blocker, who

averaged 2.59 kills per game. Mc-Fadden was the team’s leader in assists (9.54 per game).

Last year, Kaitlyn Edwards was named to the AVCA fi rst team while Lauren Edwards earned a spot on the AVCA second team.

“We work as hard as we can so we can accomplish our goals,” Kaitlyn Edwards said.

“We have more experience this year and will show leadership for the rest of the team.”

Adding to the list of sopho-mores is Hillary Murphy, outside hitter, Erika Wilvang, opposite hitter, Miranda Gagnier, middle blocker or opposite hitter and Zoe Pantera, libero.

“We were a younger team last

year, but are more mature this season,” Pattison said. “We bring valuable experience to the team and are bigger and stronger this year.”

Pattison said a few newcomers are solid players and will help the team succeed.

Keely Stevenson, libero, will play her fi rst season at EC after transferring from Northern Ari-zona University (NAU) where she ranked sixth in service aces (.30) in the Big Sky Conference.

Teuila Barnes, middle blocker, is returning to the Warrior’s line-up after taking some time off to fulfi ll a mission.

Ranked in the top 10, the War-riors look to defend their confer-ence title and win a state champi-onship.

“We got really far last year and grew as a team,” Gagnier said. “But this year we want to win it all.”

This season they will look to offset the departures of Kay-elani Tanuvasa, an assistant coach for the team now, Donella Domenico(no longer playing) and Ashleigh Gideon who has trans-ferred to Chapman

The season opened Wednesday against Santa Monica City Col-lege (SMCC).

Ashley CurtinArts Editor

From left to right: Sarah Mcfadden, Zoe Saldana, Erika Wilvang, Kaitlyn Edwards, Lauren Edwards, Miranda Gag-nier and Hilary Murphy look to lead the volleyball team to victory this season.

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—Matt Simon

Saturday at 8 a.m. UC Irvine Invite

Saturday at 6 p.m. vs. Grossmont College

Tomorrow at 4 p.m. vs. San Bernardino Valley College

ON DECKCROSS-COUNTRY

FOOTBALL

MEN’S SOCCER

Tomorrow at 2 p.m. vs. San Bernardino College

Tuesday at 3 p.m. vs. Cuesta College

WOMEN’S SOCCER

El Camino College ClassicTomorrow all day

Wednesday at 4 p.m. vs. College of the Canyons

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Santa Monica College Tournament, Tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Santa Monica

Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. vs. Long Beach City College

MEN’S WATER POLO

El Camino College Classic,Tomorrow all day

Wednesday at 4 p.m. vs. College of the Canyons

WOMEN’S WATER POLO

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8 SPORTS September 8, 2011 / El Camino College Union

The football team proved Friday with a 43-17 win against Los Angeles South-west College that it’s ready to get rid of the chip on its shoulder.

After a devastating season with the fi rst four wins forfeited due to an ineli-gible player and another four losses, the Warriors are ready to move on and win.

“At the end of the day, we’re a whole new team and it’s a whole new year,” Ricky Johnson, running back, said. “We’re going to stick to the game plan and run it as hard as possible.”

For Ricky Johnson, the fi rst play of the game was the best play.

“After being shot three years ago, it was just a blessing to get back out there.

I didn’t get much playing time last year, so this meant a lot,” Ricky Johnson said. “And of course, winning the game was the second best feeling.”

With a total of 536 offensive yards, Omar Herrera, quarterback, completed 18 of 27 passes for 268 yards and a touch down during Friday’s game.

“Our offense outperformed itself,” Ricky Johnson, runningback, said. “We have a state championship offense and we’re only going to get better.”

In the fi rst quarter, Ricky Johnson rushed for 5 yards giving the Warriors a fi rst down, which would eventually setup a fi eld goal attempt to put them ahead 3-0. With nine minutes, left Her-rera put the ball in Peter Walton’s, run-ning back, hands who rushed for 3 yards

and a touchdown. After going up 9-0 with 1:22 on the

clock, Ivan McLennan, linebacker, in-tercepted Southwest’s quarterback, Shas Alexander’s pass on the fi rst play of the drive.

Ricky Johnson added to the Warriors lead in the second quarter after rushing for 6 yards and a touchdown in a third-down-attempt putting them on top 23-10.

But after a 64-yard drive, A.J. John-son rushed for a 2-yard touchdown giv-ing the Warriors the lead, 29-10.

Southwest started the third quarter with a 50-yard scoring drive, but after Sule Tate recovered a fumble late in the quarter, the Warriors responded with a touchdown drive to put then ahead 36-17.

A 15-yard completed touchdown pass from Herrera to Jarrad Shaw, wide receiver, in the fourth quarter gave the Warriors a 43-17 lead and a win.

“The offense gave a solid perfor-mance,” John Featherstone, coach, said. “We had a good blend of running and passing the ball.”

Ricky Johnson compiled almost half of the rushing yards alone for a total of 110 yards.

Brady Luckner, wide receiver, had 88 receiving yards on fi ve catches, while Kenneth Holmes, wide receiver, caught six passes for 81 yards making them the leading receivers of the game.

Freshman linebackers Ivan McLen-nan and Derek Largent helped lead the defense in limiting Southwest to only 91

passing yards. “They played good defense overall,”

Featherstone said. “They’re an anxious group though and they knew they had too many penalties.”

The Warriors will meet Grossmont College at home 6 p.m. Saturday where Featherstone believes the team will truly be challenged.

“We’re both young in some spots,” Featherstone said. “They have a good running backs and a quarterback who can scramble.”

Though it’s early in the season and hard to tell just how far the Warriors will go, Featherstone said as long as they get better on both sides and avoid turning over the ball, they look good.

Warriors’ offense dominates in rout

Michael Tostado-Moreno lined up for the pen-alty-kick, he took a deep breath and aimed his ap-proach for the kick.

His shot was saved by the Chaffey goalie. This was just one sign of the men’s luck in route to a 5-2 loss to Chaffey last Tuesday.

“When we missed the penalty, it showed our luck was against us,” John Britton, coach, said. “It was just one of those games. We started the second half dominating but the missed penalty made our heads went down and they went up the fi eld again and scored again.”

One of the two goals was scored on a free ball from Tostado-Moreno to Chris Marckstadt for a breakaway goal.

Humberto Villegas also scored against Chaffey. “It felt good to get a goal in the back of the net

and it was exciting to score the goal and we’re lucky to have Aric throw in the pass to me,” Villegas.

The team is looking to turn around from last sea-son that ended with a 8-7-6 record.

The team will be looking at Aric Morales to be an offensive force and a leader on the team this season. The team will also be looking toward Zack Petow who received a concussion during the game.

“When you come into the season with the play-ers that we recruited, we expect our offense to be pretty good,” Britton said. “We were able to score two goals and we missed a penalty and created other scoring opportunities which is good. Unfortunately, we thought we were stronger in the back but our de-fense let us down, not one player but as a unit the defense was very poor.”

The men’s soccer team came back with aven-gence and tied Golden West 0-0.

The men’s team is now 1-1 heading into its game against San Bernardino Valley College tomorrow at 5 p.m.

The women’s team has started its season defen-sive minded.

The team’s record is 3-0 and the women weren’t scored upon until Tuesday’s game against Golden West College.

The team started their season off with two shut-

outs against Chaffey College, 1-0 and Grossmont College, 3-0.

“The team is progressing really well, we had most of them during our summer training. So, we were able to get most of them pyschically fi t,” Jaymie Baquero, coach, said. “We’ve been working a lot de-fensively. We have some new players in the back, so we’ve been working a lot on our defense.”

Marilyn Cervantes and Shannon Hornbeck are the returners who are being looked at to really step up from last season.

“Both of them played a lot of minutes last sea-son,” Baquero said. “Shannon Hornbeck played a lot of minutes her freshmen year. So we will be expect-ing a lot from her.”

During the second half of the Grossmont game, it was evident that the defense will be one of the strong points of this years team.

“We kept the ball on their side of the fi eld,” Baquero said. “We started playing as an entire unit, and we got everyone involved and played simple and kept possession. Even our substitutes that came on were able to continue that. While most teams die down in the second half we were able to turn it up, when most teams would slow down.”

The women’s team will be looking to continue its success tomorrow when they travel to San Ber-nardino College tomorrow. The game will be starting at 2 p.m.

Icthel Guzman was able to score two goals against Grossmont.

“This team just needs to keep playing as a team and they need to do that enable to win and trust in each other,” Baquero said. “This team will be strong and they just need to continue to perform.”

This team will be looking to build on last season’s playoff run which ended in the second round.

“This team has 15 new players,” Baquero said. “It’s nice that this team is starting to get recognized and it feels good. This team deserves it and has been working really hard to get recognized and they are an awesome team.”

Samantha TroisiManaging Editor

After a reception, Jahrie Level, Warriors’ wide-receiver, was stripped of the ball and was unable to score the touchdown. The Warriors still go on to win the game 43-17 in route to their fi rst victory of the season and starting 1-0.

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Matt SimonSports Editor

Cross-country team will look to continue winning without star duo

The men’s cross-country team will have its work cut out for them this season with the loss of superstars David Cardona and Jose Lezama, an ir-replaceable duo not often found at the community college level.

Last season, the team fi nished fi fth in the state championships and third in the Southern Califor-nia championships, repeating as the South Coast Conference champions. Cardona and Lezama were consistently at the front of the pack with Cardona winning the state title.

This season, top returning runners Anthony Lewis, who fi nished fourth in the South Coast Con-ference, Justin Caracoza, Alex Villaescusa and Jon Nakai, who were solid last season will have to give it their all to make up for the dynamic duo that has moved on.

“They were irreplaceable,” Dean Lofgren, coach, said. “All we can do is fi ll in around them the best we can.”

Freshman runners will also help to fi ll in the gaps of the tight knit group, including runner David Rosales from San Pedro who was a Marine League Champion and also placed second overall in Fri-days Ventura Invite.

“He got out fast and got right to it,” Lofgren said.

Vallaescusa placed 12th and Carcaoza took 16th with freshman runners Drew Griffi e and Dezhan Bland placing 23rd and 24th.

“They started back in 30th, got stuck on a tough trail and they worked hard to get up to the front of the pack,” Lofgren said. “They’re a personable, good group of guys and they’re good enough to contend for the conference title.”

Another leader for the cross-country team is Anthony Lewis from Torrance High School who will be expected to be a leader for the team.

Lewis wasn’t in the spotlight last season, but had some very impressive fi nishes fi nishing fourth at the South Coast Conference Finals last season

and is looking to take some of the spotlight this sea-son.

Lewis’s fi rst performance was a dull one after twisting an ankle which caused him to fall near the end of the group.

Another runner who will look to make an im-pact this season is former San Pedro High School runner David Rosales who made an immediate im-pact fi nishing in second-place at the season opening Ventura Invitational with a time of 21 minutes, 15 seconds.

A few players who also impressed are Alex Vil-lascusa who placed 12th in 21:53 and sophomore Justin Caracoza who fi nished 16th in 22:02.

The runners, along with leader Anthony will be looking to improve when they compete in the UC Irvine Invite which take place on Saturday at the University of California Irvine starting at 8 a.m.

Last year the women’s team placed fi fth in the South Coast Conference, but with a team comprised mostly of freshman this season, they hope to de-velop into good competition.

“The team is getting better by the day,” Lofgren said. “We’re still getting girls eligible and didn’t bring a full team to the torturous course in Ventura, but we did have a few girls run through it.”

Chloe Stager, new to distance running from Coastal Academy Home School, placed 45th in Ventura while Lauren Brown from Torrance High School and Julissa Ortiz, returning runner from Hawthorne High School, placed 49th and 58th.

“We told them to be conservative at the fi rst meet and just try to work their way through it,” Lof-gren said. “We just want to qualify for state.”

“The training over the summer was hard,” Ro-sales said. “I was training with people at my level and even faster then me. High school training and college training are really different and the summer training helped me in so many ways to get ready for the Ventura invite.”

“I have been working on my speed all summer,” Rosales said. “I also have to work on staying calm during the race.”

Samantha TroisiManaging Editor

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