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Transfer Day Fair

With over 60 universities attend-ing, the Transfer Day Fair will have a representative from each school giving information on re-quirements to transfer, application deadlines, majors offered, campus life and etc. The fair will be today at the Library lawn from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Apply for Degrees and Certificates

Today is the last day to apply for degrees and certificates. Students can go to Admission and Records office to apply, the office is open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Satisfactory Academic Progress Workshop

Students who have been notified by El Camino about the status of their academic progress, GPA be-ing below 2.0, there will be work-shop explaing the steps to become eligible for financial aid next se-mester. The workshop will be to-day in Room SSC 207 at 11 a.m..

UC Application Workshop

Students who are apply to UCs right now, their will be an appli-cation workshop in the Distance Education Room located across the Student Services Center. The workshop will be on Wednesday, Oct 16, from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Job Fair Preparation

Students who want to learn about how to prepare for a job fair, there will workshop that covers what to expect at a job fair, how to approach employers and how to make a good first impression. The workshop will be on Wednesday, Oct. 16, from 1 to 2 p.m. For more information call ext.6137.By Sam Tedla

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Mapping a month of

students attending El Camino in fall 2013

23,671

160motor vehicle thefts at El Camino 2001-2009

26aggravated assaults at El Camino 2001-2009

26robberies at El Camino 2001-2009

12arson cases at El Camino 2001-2009

Thefts

Hit and runs

Arson

Grand theft auto

Possession of alcohol

Vandalism

The El Camino Police Department publishes district crime statistics every October in accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, which requires colleges to make crime on and around campus available to the public. The purpose of the Union’s new crime map is to make the students, faculty, and those in the community more aware of crimes in the area.This is the first edition of the map with select entries that highlight issues of property security and public safety on campus in September 2013. These include thefts, hit and runs, arson, possesion of alcohol, vandalism, and grand theft auto. The Union’s interactive crime map will be updated weekly on the newspaper’s website, eccunion.com. On the website, the colored pins can be clicked on and will show the time and date of the crime as well as a brief description.The crimes on this map are from the El Camino Police Department. The statistics on the right are from the Office of Community Relations and the California Postsecondary Education Commission.

El Camino compared with area colleges Data from the California Postsecondary Education Commission and the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office

Student enrollment spring 2013: El Camino: 22,660 Santa Monica College: 31,179 Long Beach City College: 23,690 ECC Compton Center: 7,608 Harbor College: 9,490

CRIME

Profile on NFL player and former Warrior wide receiver Kenbrell Thompkins... Page 10

2 El Camino College Union October 10, 2013newsPOLICE BEATBy Chris Guzman

Police detain banned student and twin brother

Oct 2, 5:35 p.m.— While con-ducting a patrol check, officers recognized a student who had previously been banned from the campus due to previous crimes. The suspect and his twin brother had been court-ordered to stay away from campus due to pre-vious burglaries and thefts. He was transported and booked at El Camino police station.

Non-student cited for noncompliance

Oct. 2, 3:00 p.m.—Officers saw a male bicyclist riding on the ramp leading to Lot L. After re-fusing to cooperate with officers, the non-student was issued a cita-tion for obstruction and later re-leased.

Driver citied for driving with suspended license

Oct. 2, 11:30 p.m.—Officers conducted a traffic stop of a car with tinted windows near the Fa-cilities Dept. The driver was a female non student driving with a suspended license. She was issued a citation to appear in court.

Student threatens to com-mit suicide

Oct. 1, 10:40 a.m.—Officers responded to the Health Center regarding a female student who threatened to commit suicide. She was transported to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center for fur-ther examination and treatment. Asthmatic student faints in the Health Center

sept. 30, 2:00 p.m.—Officers responded to a medical aid call to the Health Center. A male student had fainted after a couple of puffs of his inhaler. He had previous complications due to asthma and was transported to a local area hospital.

Suspect arrested for driv-ing stolen car

sept. 30, 1:00 p.m.—Officers ran a license plate of a vehicle they observed at a stop light on Manhattan Beach Boulevard. The car was reported stolen. Officers performed a high risk stop and ar-rested the suspect.

Bike rider cited for poses-sion of meth pipe

sept. 29, 1:20 a.m.—Officers observed a bike rider on the west side of campus with no headlight. When askedd about any contra-band, the suspect admitted he was carrying a meth pipe with some residue left in it. He was issued a citation for possession of a con-trolled substance and perofinalia then released.

Cell phone stolen from locker room

sept. 23, 10:30 a.m.—A male student locked his belongings in the P.E. locker room. When he returned to class an hour later, he found the lock was missing along with his cell phone. Officers re-ponded to the station regarding the reported theft.

Bicyclist receives citation for traffic warrant

sept. 20, 3:00 a.m.—Officers stopped a bicyclist with no head-lamps on Crenshaw and Manhat-tan Beach boulevards. He was a non-student and had two traffic warrants from the city of Tor-rance. He was issed a citation and released.

Fake parking permit found in vehicle

sept. 19, 1:50 p.m.—A fradu-lent parking permit was discov-ered inside of a vehicle on the sec-ond level of Lot H. Officers noted the high quality of the forgery, retrieved it, and issued the driver a $263 citation.

Saul PradoAssistant News Editor

EC welcomed guest speaker and award-winning columnist Gustavo Arellano on Thursday in celebra-tion of National Hispanic Heritage Month.

In a Q-and-A session, Arellano fielded questions ranging from the politics of the Mexican-American war to the future of immigration reform, followed by a book signing promoting his latest work, "Taco USA: How Mexican Food Con-quered America."

"I think people are very dismis-sive when it comes to how much Americans love Mexican food," Arellano said. "When you hate a so-ciety, when you hate a people, when you're discriminating against them, one of the first things you do is de-monize what they eat, that's where so many ethnic slurs come from."

Going to great lengths to demon-strate the origins and integration of Mexican food into America, Arel-lano made his case before the stu-dent body of just how important this acceptance is for the Latino com-munity.

"The very fact that Americans love Mexican food, in its various it-erations, I think is really something significant," Arellano said. "The way I put it is, first, we conquer your stomach, then we conquer your heart!"

Arellano is best known for his nationally syndicated "¡Ask a Mexi-can!" column in the OC Weekly in which he answers two questions from the public regarding issues pertaining to Mexican culture.

"This is a good opportunity for us to have a dynamic speaker talk about issues a lot of times people don't want to talk about or listen to," Idania Reyes, Graduation Initiative Project Director, said. "We know that sometimes he [Arellano] may be a little controversial but we think that there's dialogues that we need to have because we come from dif-ferent cultures and different back-grounds."

Events such as these have also been made possible thanks to the work of Vincent Robles, former EC librarian and primary individ-ual responsible for getting Arel-lano to come speak to students.

"The words he uses are well thought out and represents a thoughtfulness on his part which I think validates his opinion," Ro-bles said.

Arellano also expressed his honest opinion on the rising cost of tuition.

"Youth apathy has always been endemic to the American mind," Arellano said. "Obviously, some issues resonate more with students than others. For instance, if I was a community college student right now, I would be throwing rocks at the administration, you know, not so much at the school administra-tion, but on the bigger level."

A product of the community school system himself, Arellano had some advice for the students of EC as well.

"This country is a rat race, this country is a shark tank. If you don't like it, oh damn, I don't know, move to New Zealand or some place where the living's more easy."

Sam TedlaStaff writer

Future projections show that by 2020, students younger than 20 years of age will enroll at EC at a lower rate, according to Institutional Research & Planning.

However, these projections also report that the amount of students 20 years of age and older will in-crease.

"A lot of kids coming out of high school today are not prepared enough to do college work," Tom Keville, history professor, said. "If there is a change to be made, it has to be at the primary and secondary level but it's a hard thing to do."

With increased amount of older students, some students are curious whether or not they will accom-modate them with more evening classes. Primarily to help those who work during the day.

"Well I used to teach at night and the students who come at night want to be here," Debora Mochidome, ESL professor, said. "These are students usually looking to get an advancement in their current jobs, but the only way for them to take classes with their work schedules is take them at night."

El Camino offers the opportunity to either transfer to a 4-year univer-sity, or serve as a vocational school for those trying obtain certification for the career they desire.

The amount of students over 20 year of age shouldn't affect the em-

phasis on vocational subjects over transferring to a 4-year university, Keville said.

El Camino's cost per unit in 2009 was $26. It is currently $46 per unit.

"School is getting really expen-sive, people are saying maybe I should see what my options are be-fore I decide to go to college," Mo-chidome said.

Having more older students ver-sus younger ones could change the learning environment around cam-pus.

"I think having more older stu-dents will change the learning envi-ronment, because we have a lot of immature young students who are fresh out of high school”, Armando Gutierrez, 20, nursing major, said. "Whenever there is a serious topic to discuss I see those students gig-gling and it stops class."

According to elcamino.edu, EC has seen a raise in Hispanic enroll-ment from 32.3 percent in 2008 to 44.7 percent in 2012.

Recent guest speaker and OC Weekly editor Gustavo Arellano spoke on the benefits of having ad-equate Latino representation in the administration.

"On the more substantial level, to have people on the board who went through these experiences, especial-ly as the demographics of the south bay and the campus here changes, it allows them to know exactly how to best serve the population of students that are coming in," Arellano said.

District profile reveals dramatic change in demographics

“Ask A Mexican” columnist and local celebrity visits campus

“The way I put it is, first, we conquer your stomach, then we conquer your heart!”

— Gustavo Arellano OC Weekly Editor

Author Gustavo Arellano lectures students in the east Dining Room.Alycia Presley/ Union

Lorenzo GutierrezStaff writer

Saving lives was the purpose of the EC Fall blood drive that took place Oct. 8-10 in the Stu-dents Activities Center.

"The Inter-Club Council is the one who puts it on, and what they want to do is to bring the whole campus community, not only the clubs, but bring every one together to do something for the community around us," Bre-anna Von Stein, Student Services Specialist said.

Stein emphasized the impor-tance of giving blood, each do-nation potentially helping up to three people which is why it is always in demand. Since blood is something that cannot be manu-factured on a mass scale yet, it is something people must obtain from other humans, Stein added.

Potential donors must weigh at least 110 pounds, be in good health, have had no tattoos in

the past 12 months, and bring a photo ID, Cheryl Berlow, Blood Drive Coordinator at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said.

"Tattoos are not accepted be-cause California is not a regu-lated state and it takes 12 months to find out if you have hepatitis or any other disease from getting that tattoo," Berlow said. "Pierc-ings are fine as long as it is not a do it yourself project, as long as it was done professionally."

The doors of this event open at 9 a.m. and close at 3 p.m. but for today, the doors will stay open until 8 p.m., Stein said.

"We expect hopefully two hundred donors," Stein said. "All the donations go to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center because they are the ones who are collecting the blood this year, and the donation is going to that hospital in down-town L.A." Stein said.

This blood drive will prob-ably have 40 volunteers and each person is working around eight

hours during the event, Stein added.

"I feel good because it’s help-ing the community, helping the campus to know that there is a blood drive going on," Bria Lloyd, 18, nursing major, volun-teer said. "This time I wouldn't donate because I have tattoos and one is not a year old yet, and the other one is from two weeks ago, so I can't do it."

At the end all the students who donate will get a t-shirt or a coupon for a pint of Baskin Rob-bins ice cream, Berlow said.

"Well Cedars-Sinai Hospital uses 3000 units of blood a year and reaching out to the com-munity only supplies about half of that number, and we have a level one trauma center, so when people get in car accidents, shot, or any other kind of trauma, they are taken to Cedars and they need blood, so if you want to save a life, students should come to the blood drive," Berlow said.

Thomas SchmidtEditor-in-Chief

In conjunction with the sta-tistics recently released by the EC police department, the Union compared the campus’ crime sta-tistics from 2001-2009 to those of several other local campuses, and found that EC had reported significantly higher cases of crime than most other campuses.

While casual interpretation of this information might draw alarmist conclusions, the dispar-ity isn’t necessarily an accurate reflection of the campus or the

safety of its student body, Mi-chael Trevis, EC Chief of Police, said.

For instance, while EC re-ported 10 times the amount of incidents of grand theft auto as compared to Santa Monica Col-lege, despite having a lower num-ber of students enrolled at EC, Trevis points out that SMC only has parking spaces for about 2,500 cars on a 38 acre campus, while EC has a staggering 5,200 parking spaces spread over 123 acres, providing a much greater opportunity for potential thieves.

Ray Lewis, administration of

justice professor, also offered an insight into why EC reports such higher incidents of crime.

“El Camino has a fully cer-tified law enforcement agency (The ECPD), but if they (other schools) have no equivalent, it’s hard to compare the data,” Lewis said.

“Crimes reported are not necessarily the same as actual crimes occurred,” Lewis added, explaining that it’s possible that without a dedicated campus police presence, many of the crimes on other campus simply go unreported.

Interpreting the numbers: Crime on Campus

Last chance to save a life

Trent LedfordStaff Writer

Despite catchy hooks and well-produced tracks, Justin Timber-lake’s “The 20/20 Experience Part II” still cannot compete with the strongest songs of “Part I” like “Suit & Tie.”

Timberlake is having an out-standing year with his return to music. In March he released “The 20/20 Experience,” which debuted number one on the Billboard Hot 200 album charts and went on to go double platinum.

“Part II” features his chart-top-ping sin-gle, “Take Back The N i g h t , ” w h i c h could just be the push he needs to make art-ist of the year.

This al-bum holds a few sim-ilarities to “Part I.” N e i t h e r e x p e r i -ments past T i m b e r -lake’s signature strengths in pop and R&B beats. Both albums also come in extremely long, with “Part I” and “II” featuring seven and five tracks running past the 7-minute mark respectively.

The entire album is produced by hit-maker, Timbaland, with some tracks co-produced by Tim-berlake.

“Not A Bad Thing,” is the longest track of the album and most interesting one. At just over 11-minutes, it starts off sounding like another corporate “hit,” but

then switches to a slow pop/rock rhythm which sounds incredible.

The lyrics are not only deep, but personal: “I know people make promises all the time/Then turn around and break them/When someone cuts your heart open with a knife, while you beat-ing.”

“Only When I Walk Away,” is another standout on the album. Fans will love how the beat de-velops up until the end, creating space for Justin’s verse: “She loves me now, only when I walk away... She only loves me when I walk away,” to keep repeating.

In “TKO,” Tim-berlake paints a fight metaphor to accompany Tim-baland’s outstand-ing beat: “Been swinging after the bell and after all of the whistle blows/Tried to go below the belt, through my chest, perfect hit to the dome/This ain’t the girl that I used to know, no TKO,”

If the album needed anything, it would be more producers and shorter songs.

Even though the lyrics prove great and catchy, listeners will feel slowed by the repetition. With all the tracks being produced by Tim-baland, it would have been great to see a different side of Justin in this half of the album.

“Part II” isn’t stronger than “Part I” by any stretch of the imagination, but as a combina-tion, “The 20/20 Experience” will come to dominate 2013. The albums are loaded with hits and Justin is looking at yet another platinum-selling release.

Album Review

Leala Stephenson/ UnionMiriam Alonzo, 35, art major, poses with several of her works as well as the source of inspiration for one of her pieces.

A vibrant, surreal talentSaul PradoAssistant News Editor

She begins with a carefully crafted grid, ensuring every inch is utilized to its maximum potential. Then comes a central image, carefully placed to lead the eyes in a dance through fan-tasy and imagination, no 3-D glasses required.

In search of her own syle, Miriam Alonzo, 35, art major, has found guidance in the works of surrealists Vladimir Kush and Salvador Dali, as well as the highly stylized tessellations of M.C. Escher.

“I painted a duplicate of some of their works to get a feeling of what the artist actually went through in order to create a mas-terpiece,” Alonzo said.

Alonzo, who goes by the pseudonym “HHcita,” has spent her time at EC in many of its art classes, augmenting her exten-sive background in art.

“I’ve been drawing since I was nine and I have most of my work since 1996,” she said. “I didn’t collect it to make a business of it, but I collected it to see the process and how I developed.”

“Her work looks so real, it’s like you actually want to pick it

up and take a bite of it,” Jackie Stewart, 56, an art student and classmate, said of an apple drawn by Alonzo. “She reminds me of the Jamaican and Spanish people that use a lot of vibrant colors.”

Alonzo credits her grandfather, a strong influence in her life, for teaching her how to work with her hands and develop her artistic side.

“I grew up with my grandpar-ents and my grandfather was a kite maker,” Alonzo said. “I used to help him make kites and re-member he used to love colors. We used to put different color compo-sitions into each kite.”

The complexity and precision of her patterns has even caused some to question her pieces as computer-generated images, rath-er than authentic works of hand.

“I usually post the process of my work on my website because people think that I use computers to do my patterns,” Alonzo said.

“There’s no computer at all; it’s

just time, imagination, and color.”Using mostly colored pencils

on hot press watercolor paper, Alonzo achieves strikingly rich colors that immediately evoke a reaction from viewers.

Alonzo has been featured in numerous EC art galleries and has competed in local area con-test including the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery in Barns-dall Park.

Her instructors have also tak-en note and are optimistic that Alonzo’s future career in art is bright.

“At this point, I think Miriam is on the right track. She’s a very hard worker and very ambitious about her art,” Willie Brownlee, art professor, said. “I think she will be a very solid candidate for scholarships and art programs, which will be very good for her down the road.”

More than just class assign-ments or a means of revenue and fame, Alonzo sees her art as a form of therapy and celebration of life, striving to emote a feeling of happiness in each piece.

“I’m happy with what I do,” she said. “I learned from my grandfa-ther that whatever you do in life, you have to like it.”

arts

John Fordiani/ UnionThanh Nguyen, 20, business major, stops in the library lobby and scrutinizes pictures of Superman throughout the years.

El Camino College Union

On the sceneErin Logan

Art

Illumination

EC’s art gallery is now display-ing “Victor Raphael: Illumination From Digital to Sublime.” The featured art is described as “full of contradiction, paradox, and similtaneously abstract.” Today is the gallery’s reception which will take place in the art gallery at 7 p.m. The artists’ lecture will be held on Oct. 15 at 1 p.m., also in the art gallery.

Phantasms

Oct. 18 at 8 p.m., EC professor Jason Davidson will present his speech “Phantasms” which asks the question: “Can we commu-nicate with the dead?” Davidson will explain the history and dem-onstrate the methods of the Spiri-tualist Movement, as well as ex-plaining how these techniques are still in use today. The event will be held in Marsee Auditorium. Tick-ets are $15. Call 1-800-832-ARTS for more information.

Film

Natural wonders

On Oct. 21, Marsee Auditorium will be screening the film “More of America’s Amazing Places American Natural Wonders,” which is narrated by Bob Deloss and is part of the Discovery World Travel Series. Show times will be at 3 and 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $7.

Dance

Bollywood dance

Shyamala Moorty and collaborators present “an evening of dance, theater, multimedia, and audience interaction” while taking their audience on an exploration of Shyamala’s South Asian heritage. The performance will be Oct. 20 at 3 p.m. in Marsee Auditorium. Tickets to this event will be $18.

Music

Society of Music Recitals

Each semester, EC’s Society of Music club organizes a student re-cital. The event serves as a venue for EC music students to perform in a recital and as a fundraiser for the club. This fall, it will be held on Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. in Haag Re-cital Hall. Auditions take place today in Music 134 from 3:30 to 6 p.m. For additional information please contact Dr. Patrick Schulz, the club advisor at: pshulz@el-camino.edu.

Flute, piano, cello

On Oct. 27 Patricia Maki, Lois Roberts, and Catherine Biagini will be performing in Marsee Auditorium. The trio will be per-forming pieces by Lotti, Poulenc, Ravel, Piazzolla, and Dutilleux. The performances begin at 3 p.m. and tickets are $15.

theatre

One-Act Plays

An evening of exciting, stu-dent-directed plays presented in EC’s campus theater. The plays being performed will include: “H.R.” by Eric Coble, “Playwrit-ing 101: The Rooftop Lessons” by Rich Orloff, “Ring of Men” by Adam Oliensis, as well as an ap-pearance by EC Improv Troupe. This will take place on Oct. 11 and 12 in the Campus Theater at 8 p.m. and tickets will be $10.

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“even though the lyrics prove great and catchy, listeners will feel slowed by the repetition. With all the tracks being produced by timba-land, it would have been great to see a different side of Jus-tin in this half of the album.”

Chris GuzmanStaff Writer

Showcasing at Schauerman Li-brary through the end of October, library staff and faculty members

have brought together classic su-perhero memorabilia to examine the “superhero” image.

The exhibit was scheduled to coincide with Superman’s 75th anniversary, as curators hope to explore the impact these images have had upon society and some of the costumes portrayed within the last decade.

“We all strive to be the best we can be. [Superheroes] set ex-amples for us to follow, they have qualities we all wished we had,” Maria Brown, social science pro-fessor and a contributor to the col-lection, said.

Albert Romero, exhibit curator for Schauerman Library, believes

superhero imagery to be a pervad-ing influence within our society.

“It crosses the generation lines, each generation knows these char-acters: Superman, Batman, Won-der Woman,” Romero said.

Others note that superheroes derive their magnetism from their humanity, rather than their perfec-tion.

“I think younger people can relate to Batman,” Kim Reynolds, senior production artist at War-

ner Bros. and a contributor to the exhibit, said. “He’s more moody, more of a complex individual. Torn between doing justice and revenge, he’s very emotional.”

And yet, Kim points out, these superheroes aspire to something greater despite their humanity.

“It gives us hope, it gives peo-ple encouragement, to go above and beyond what people can do,” Kim said.

As society has developed, so

have these characters, and the exhibit pays homage to that evo-lution, featuring costumes stretch-ing back into the 40’s.

“Looking at the historical pro-gression from start to finish, it was pretty amazing to see how high tech their equipment was com-pared to the 40’s,” Kim said. “It’s a natural progression... as society progresses they have more high tech gear to play with.”

Romero was also concerned

with properly showcasing the his-tory behind these cultural icons.

“We wanted to bring a lot of pictures of what superman looked like within the last decade,” he said. “There on the wall, you see how different his clothing is com-pared to now. We wanted to edu-cate [students] on the costumes and the portrayed actors in the 40’s.”

Capes and tights aside, Brown stresses that the positive influence of superheroes would not be pos-sible without the reflection of av-erage people in their persona.

“People can identify with char-acters because they are like them and have the potential to set ex-amples,” she said.

“They all give us a sense of hope, that we can be better, we could be at peace, they give us a sense of confidence,” she added. “That’s what makes them so in-teresting, we explore the idea that there’s a superhero in all of us.”

Superheroes

UNMASKEDA new collection in Schauerman Library explores the impact

and history of superhero imagery.

Justin’s musical vision clouds in “20/20 Part 2”

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Learning to hold a life in your hands

The trainee directly in front of me asks me what day it is, checks my pulse, and makes sure I can open my mouth despite the brace encircling my neck. At his OK, three other students step forward to help him lift me from my chair to the ground.

Spinal immobilization is just one of many skills that students in EC’s Emergency Medical Tech-nician pro-gram will p r a c t i c e , but hidden within the exercise are all the core tenets for this 16-week course: me-ticulous at-tention to procedure , c o o p e r a -tion within a squad, and a compassion for the pa-tient.

“Students attend both lecture and lab for three sessions a week,” Kevin Coffelt, instructor, said. “By the end of the course they will have learned 38 skills, all practiced in lab. The goal is for them to be ready for their state certification board.”

Many students take this course to prepare for the first of many cer-tificates on the way to becoming a firefighter, paramedic, emergency room technician, or nurse.

“Most students in this class want to be firefighters, but I want to be a police officer,” Cody Alidon, 19, administration of justice ma-

jor, said. “I figure this would be one of the way to help me stand out. Knowing what to do when responding to emergency situa-tions.”

Despite being a one-semester course, Jami Daugherty, 27, fire science and business major, warns that the material is both extensive and difficult.

“It’s more than what you’d learn in your first aid or CPR class,” Daugherty said. “It takes what you learn in those and builds upon it. You have to learn a lot of anatomy and physiology, their medical terms. It’s not an easy class.”

Still, students describe the EMT course to be as as engag-ing as it is chal-lenging, thanks to the instruc-tors leading it.

“The instruc-tors are great. They’re all re-

ally personable and have hands-on experience,” Alidon said. “Asking questions is the highlight of my day because they always have in-sight the book can’t give you.”

“For the most part all the skills are easy in concept,” he added, “but the hard part is ensuring you consistently do it right. It’s critical in keeping someone alive.”

Jeffrey Lansdell, 21, fire science major, gives mouth-to-mouth resuscitation during an Emergency Medical Technician course at El Camino College. Students practice the techniques, but do not actually place their mouths on the mannequin for sanitary reasons. The course covers a range of rescue problems, from medical to trauma, hazardous emergencies, and multiple casualty incidents.

Special-created mannequins give EMT students an opportunity to practice different life-saving tech-niques. This mannequin is designed for anatomy instructional purposes, while others are used for CPR training. During emergencies, EMTs would be equipped with first-aid kits and oxygen-recue breathing equipment, an automatic defibrillator, splints and immobilization devices.

Eric HsiehArts Editor

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Learning to hold a life in your hands

Eunique Williams, 26, fire science, has his vitals taken with a blood pressure unit by Thaddeus Thom-as, 25, also fire science, during a class exercise. EMT courses are offered for 16 weeks in the spring and fall, and eight weeks in the summer.

EMT instructor Kevin Coffelt demonstrates a class lesson in the room. Students observing from left are Sebastian Leal, 21, fire science; Nicole Lee, 23, fire science; Cynthia Ly, 23, biology; and Josh Oshima, 20, business. Coffelt, a Redondo Beach firefighter, is one of four instructors in the EMT program. There are also 10 teacher assistants.

EMT student Robert Steinback plays the role of a victim with a cervical spine injury during a classroom training drill. He is fitted with cervical collar to immobilize the spine.

Simone Barnes, 19, EMT major, from left, Desmond Bennett, 26, fire science, and Khadijah Allen, 19, EMT, receive information about the pediatric airway, while giving CPR to an infant mannequin. Teacher assistant John Reyes demonstrates the proper techniques.

Cardiopulmonary resusci-tation, known commonly by its acronym of CPR, is an integral part of the EMT training. Students gather outside for a drill coordinated by a teacher’s assistant John Reyes. EMT students from left are Desmont Bennett, 26, fire science; Simone Barnes, 19, EMT; Khadijah Allen, 19, EMT; Erika Clarke; Cody Angle,

Photos by Union Photographer KIMBerLY KeeLer

Assuming you’ve had a chance to look over the new crime map that the Union has released (and considering that it’s covering the entire front page, it’s pretty hard to miss), you’ve probably noticed that there’s a fair amount of crimes occurring on campus.

While the last issue of the Union featured an editorial de-tailing steps and methods of pro-tecting yourself from the sort of violent crimes that have swept our society’s collective imagination in the wake of tragic incidents like the recent shootings in our na-tion’s capital, the vast majority of crimes at EC aren’t nearly as life threatening.

A student wakes up from a nap in the library to discover his lap top missing, somebody leaves a smart phone in their class room while they use the bathroom and return to find it gone, or a person in a hurry forgets to lock their car’s door only to have somebody yank their stereo. These are the sorts of crimes of opportunity that we see reported every week. Unfor-tunately, these aren’t crimes that require a criminal mastermind or an unstable psyche to pull off. These are crimes that any regular joe passing by could commit if the circumstances were right.

While yes, all of the advice the Union gave last week is still

a good idea to follow, traveling in groups at night won’t do any-thing to help when you notice that somebody reached through your car’s window and stole your brand new digital camera. In fact, ran-dom strangers have even casually walked out of the Union News-room itself with expensive equip-ment under one arm in the past.

EC is an open campus, and it’s simply a fact of life that crime will happen here.

However, that doesn’t mean you should barricade yourself at home and only take online cours-es. The truth is, EC isn’t really any more dangerous than other public places. The problem is that stu-dents tend to forget that this -is- a

public place.Just like last week though,

the best solution is to be aware of your surroundings. If you

wouldn’t leave your Ipad sitting on the bench at the bus stop, why leave it out when you take a nap in the library? If you wouldn’t leave

your back pack sitting in out in the middle of the airport, why leave it unattended in your class room?

There are of course other, easy

to remember tips and tricks to keeping your property safe while on campus. For instance, Police Chief Michael Trevis recom-mends that students always check that they’ve locked their cars not by just double clicking the remote on their key chain, but by trying to physically open your doors. Fortu-nately, hands and arms don’t run out of batteries.

Another helpful tip is to never listen to music with both head-phones in while walking; it’s a fairly simple matter for anyone on a skateboard or bike to ride up be-hind an oblivious student and snag any free hanging cords or wires and take off before the victim re-alizes anything has happened.

Finally, even if you have abso-lutely no hope of ever recovering lost or stolen property, be sure to report it to the ECPD. Information on the locations and methods used in campus crimes can go a long way toward preventing follow up crimes in the future.See related articles on Page 1-2

Charles Ryder/ Union

The Issue• Total prevention of crime

is impossible on an open campus like EC

Our Stand• The ECPD can only do so

much on it’s own; to be truly effective, students need to be aware and will-ing to report crimes

6 El Camino College Union October 10, 2013EDITORIAL

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UNIONEL CAMINO COLLEGE

If you snooze, you lose...a smartphone

Adjusting to an older student bodyAfter the 2012 presidential

election, political analysts held that the Republican Party lost in part due to the changing face of “traditional America” and exit polls seemed to corroborate this idea.

That November, the “white vote” turnout, the GOP’s most sta-ble electorate, had dropped to its lowest point ever while both the “black vote” and the “latino vote” grew, with the latter breaking dou-ble-digits (10%) for the first time.

In this day and age, institutions

unprepared to court changing de-mographics face the spectre of ir-relevance.

By all accounts, EC will need to serve an older student popu-lation more heavily dominated by students from diverse ethnic groups in the coming years. While the stakes are different, the same principles apply.

To start, EC will need to ap-peal to a group more entrenched in their professional lives. If our society wants to see young, 20-something students succeed, it

will need to recognize their needs and support them.

This could mean an emphasis on growing offered night classes. EC will need to assure prospective students that their work schedules won’t be impacted for the sake of credits.

Teachers should also explore ways to accommodate a chang-ing population. Long-term assign-ments that utilize weekends could be a welcome respite to students that work during the day and at-tend school at night five days a

week.If the college can brand itself

as “worker-friendly,” it would likely see enthusiastic enrollment, attendance, retention, and gradua-tion rates in response.

Additionally, an older popula-tion will have a different relation-ship to contemporary technolo-gies. The digital divide separates more than rich from poor, it also disjoins the young from the old.

As it exists now, MyECC is far too unwieldy. Students rarely use its outdated email platform

and at the beginning of this year, they were confronted with a sys-tem incapable of handling elevat-ed amounts of traffic at a critical time.

While it’s difficult to predict what technologies will exist five or seven years from now, the em-phasis will need to be on accessi-bility and ease of use.

Finally, a changing ethnic com-position will require different pol-icies and services.

Simpler changes might include things like increased bilingual as-

sistance. The greater challenge will be sensitive decisions about how EC is run--evaluating wheth-er a minority voice is fully rep-resented in our management and administration.

Equilibrium will be a tempta-tion in the coming years, if only because it’s convenient and famil-iar. However, EC will soon under-stand, whether through foresight or regret, that the boat won’t move anywhere without rocking a little.See related articles on Page 2

Society has come a long way since the days of “Reefer Mad-ness.” Weed is no big deal. Mari-juana is all over prime time TV, and you can buy a sack at your local dispensary as easy as you can buy a six-pack of brew (If you have a medical card).

Marijuana really should be the least of everyone’s worries. No-body should receive jail time for smoking, but it doesn’t mean it’s OK any time anywhere. In many cases, weed is going to be the strongest thing out there.

Cannabis growers have it down to a science. The levels of THC, the chemical in weed that gets you high, found in the plant are grow-ing every day.

It’s puzzling how LSD and mushrooms are still looked at as crazy substances that might make you freak out, but weed is just easy going.

Weed today is no joke. One hit of top-shelf kush can have you stuck for a couple hours. And it

definitely doesn’t mix well with school.

When I first started at EC, a friend giving me a ride to class asked me if i wanted to smoke a blunt before going in. I accepted, not taking into consideration that he smokes the finest buds.

Big mistake. I got to my begin-ning piano class 20 minutes late. Being the last person to class nev-er feels good, but on weed it can be a nightmare.

There were no pianos left. The instructor told me to take her pia-no, which was a grand piano on a stage in front of the class.

I felt the whole class’ eyes on me. Every wrong key I hit could be heard by everyone. Anxiety was an understatement.

I’ve never been high at school since. Obviously, now it’s dumb and I laugh about it, but it really made me change my perceptions about cannabis.

It’s not as harmless as it seems in movies, and it does take matu-

rity to be responsible with it.There’s a big difference be-

tween showing up to school where you have to intake and retain in-formation, and sitting on your couch watching “Half Baked” and eating cheese doodles. Only one of these scenarios are conducive to smoking.

The debate about marijuana le-galization continues. There is an initiative cleared and in circula-tion in California. It will be in cir-culation from Oct.1- Feb. 24 2014.

The Union will be exploring this issue more next week in the first of a three part series on mari-juana and the ongoing debate over its legalization in California.

COMMENTARY

Rigo Bonilla Managing Editor

I would like to respond to a statement made in the Septem-ber 26th issue of the Union in the article concerning the Child Development Center (CDC). In her statement, a student recog-nized that the funds for running the CDC might be better used by students to supplement student tuition costs. There is a place for this conversation, but it is not in connection to the Child Develop-ment Center and I would like to clarify why.

Childhood Education is part of the Careers and Technical Educa-tion (CTE) pipeline. This means we offer educational experiences that “integrate academic, voca-tional and technical education.” Many programs in CTE have lab schools as part of their training.

In fact, many academic pro-grams, especially in the sciences also have labs so that students are able to glean first hand experi-ences in their studies. This type of hands on training is what gives

EC graduates a solid reputation in our community work force.

Yet, even though Childhood Education is still considered a vocational program, we need to fight for our students to have a lab school. I know of no other program at EC where our school administration requires that their labs make a profit.

The Childhood Education De-partment is training students to work with children. The students majoring in Child Development need a lab school to put ideas into practice with supervision and positive mentorship; just as many people want a nurse to learn pa-tient care. I am curious why, as a community, we seem so uninter-ested in supporting families and their children. This CDC cannot just be about fiscal management. This CDC is about our responsi-bility to children. There is no par-ent I know of who would consider leaving their child in the care of a teacher who has only studied

and never worked with children before. It is not untypical to have students who have chosen a ma-jor in Child Development but have never set foot in a preschool program before. I am constantly hearing how children are our fu-ture and one of our most precious resources. If you believe this also, I invite the community of our col-lege to stand up and advocate for the children of our community and in all communities where our future teachers will work.

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CAMPUS INSIGHT

Learning real life wisdom from the mouths of babes

Susan Baxter child education instructor

For the majority of the world, the month of October means the start of fall, beginning of the holiday season and the road to the World Series, but for community college students, it marks the treacherous path of transfer applications.

As the painful process of transferring prevails, keep in mind one major point to prevent childish mistakes: Deadlines.

Not a single soul is more adamant about your success than you, so don’t rely on others. Write down every deadline, for every university on your checklist, for every bit of the process. Write it, highlight it, glue glitter around it, attach a neon arrow sign pointing to it, or tape it to your forehead.

Those of us that spent the past few years (for some more than just a few) carefully following the guidelines, retaking asinine courses, and bargaining our souls to the devil — doing all the typical transfer student methods to success — the time has finally come. We have waited, killed ourselves over and over again to meet this moment, only to find that the real chaos has just begun.

Luckily for California natives, we have a plethora of local universities and private institutes to select from. Californians have a variety of choices according to our taste in scenery, status, social influences, and world-class professors.

However, for those of us with a serious case of wanderlust, geographic standpoints are just as vital of a contribution to one’s final decision as the university’s credibility.

As my personal statement is in the works, lurking through all the dreamy Ivy Leagues is personal torture, but as I ventured through the universities

that I have realistically set my sights on, it has become seemingly clear that every state is vitally different; not that I presumed all university requirements to be ubiquitous.

I found the majority of differences to be meniscal but detrimental nonetheless. It’s those minimal differences that, if foolishly overlooked, will break the

deal or set me apart from the shmuck next to me.

At this point in the application process, you can’t change your transcripts, you can’t really join any new networks, it’s nearly impossible to makeshift a better you. So take what you have and run like hell and as the saying goes, “fake it until you make it.”

Much like the majority of the education process, applications

will go by quickly and by the time it’s all said and done, we’ll be overwhelmed with graduation goggles and almost wish to do it all over again. Almost.

But by then there will be a whole new set of hell to go through. By then my nightmare will have come to life and the Red Sox will be playing the Dodgers. Home team against home team. At least in baseball they serve beer.

Maria Vera, 21, sociology major, is the president of the Sociology Club and she invites to all EC students to visit at the ARTB room 317 at 1 p.m. every Thursday. Vera says, don’t be shy, introduce yourself and get ready to have fun. She likes to see new people and hopes that the new people stay the whole semester and not just one day.

What does sociology mean to the world?

It’s where people can study and learn how we interact with one another in institutions. For example in schools, at work, or at church you can see how people interact with each other and the norms we have. It really means a lot because that way people who come from other countries to visit can understand. For example, if someone comes from Mexico to visit to the U.S., they might not know the norms or the values that we have.

What makes the Sociology Club unique?

What makes the Sociology Club unique is the bond we have with each member. We always have “I speakers” at the beginning of the class just to get to know each other a little bit more, and I think that it’s building unity. I think that it’s something that makes our club different for other clubs that we are able to connect, even outside of school because we have different activities. I think that helps us to know each other more and it’s something important in a club.

What activities do you do as a club?

We do a lot of community projects. For example, this semester we are planning a canned food drive. We want to give to the community, especially people who are homeless. Before Thanksgiving, we want to start collecting cans from faculty members, students on campus and from other non-profit organizations. We

want to gather lot of cans of food, so we can donate to Skid Row in L.A. Also, before Christmas, during winter break, we are going to do a toy drive, so, that’s why I encourage students to come and be part of the Sociology Club. In our spring semester, we have a panel that we invite of students who came to EC and transferred to other schools with major of sociology. We also invite students who are working and who graduated to talk about their experiences hare at EC and how they made that transition to a university. Most of the people that come are sociologists, but we also bring Rene Lozano, he is a transfer counselor here at EC, to speak the process of transferring. We bring him to speak to our members Nov. 7. I know students are getting ready to start sending applications, so I want him to come and talk about the process of transferring and his experience as well. We use the last 15 minutes of our club meeting to ask questions to the panel or to Rene Lozano.

What is the goal of the Sociology Club?

We have three goals for this club. We want to promote unity. We want students to be able to feel welcome and feel like they have a sense of connection with people around them. I want to be able to promote awareness to let our members know what is going on, what types of events are going on campus and things that are beneficial to them. I know there are lot of workshops going on because October is career month and I like to inform our members about them so they don’t miss out. The last goal is to have fun being yourself and being able to create long memories. We like to have a potluck, and by the end of the semester, we all bring a cultural dish; like someone who is Chinese brings Chinese food, or someone who is Mexican brings tacos; I really emphasize that people bring foods from their culture, so everyone can try different kind of foods.

Can any student can be part of the Sociology Club?

Anyone can enjoy Sociology Club; they don’t need necessarily be sociology major. I really hope other students who are not sociology majors come because they can bring new things to the table, things that our sociology majors are not aware of, like ideas outside of our field. At the end of the day it all ties back to sociology.

Angela YimUnion Columnist

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How would you like to be a college athlete at a big university? Of course most of us would love it. You get to play in big games that are nationally televised, be well known around campus by everybody, and the most important thing: you can potentially put yourself in position to be a professional athlete.

Professional athletes get paid quite a bit of money for what they do. Collegiate athletes do not get paid, and the reason why is because they are simply not pros. The main reason why college athletes should not get paid is because they are already living the life of a superstar pro athlete for free.

It’s an even exchange, and athletes know that when they are recruited. The motto that most universities follow is: “You help our program gain recognition with your athletic ability & talent, and we will give you a chance to earn a college degree free of charge.”

I think people are not realizing that some of these players come from the worst neighborhoods where drugs, gang violence and poverty is a everyday sight. Making it out of those areas is almost better than getting paid to some of them.

The opportunity that has been given to these young men to obtain a college education and gain knowledge in something other than athletics is far more superior than any amount of money they would receive.

The NCAA does capitalize off a lot of these college athletes and their success, but that’s something that will never change.

The better the students-athletes perform, the more money there is to fund programs. That is how it is and has always been for all learning institutions.

College’s athletic programs want to recruit the best players they can find. Why? So the program will grow and make more top athletes want to attend. Unfortunately everybody will not go to the pros.

That’s where education comes into play, and if they utilize the tools that have been

given to them they will be able to have a career that will last a lot longer and possibly more rewarding than an athletic one.

At the end of the day, athletic ability & money are two things that don’t last forever. Knowledge & education is something you can never have taken away.

Share the wealth. Let’s pay college athletes. People must rethink their understanding of college sports. College sports is more accurately sports business.

A payment system needs to be created based on a level playing field that will equally distribute the wealth to male and female

athletes based on the profitability of each individual sport. There should be rules and caps. And there should be a method to share some of the income with needy students via financial aid.

Major television stations recently signed a $10.8 billion contract with the NCAA, according to the LA Times. Ohio State just agreed to pay coach Urban Meyer $24 million over six years. Other conferences and coaches have signed 7 figure contracts.

Not providing college athletes with pay because they receive four year scholarships or because it is unfair to non-athletic students is a poor argument. They are being exploited. Their talents are generating billions. They deserve to get paid.

These players are bringing in millions with jerseys, fan gear and video games like NCAA football 2014. And even though the names of players are not allowed to be used in the game because they aren’t being paid, consumers know who is who.

And what do college athletes get in return? A dream, but that dream may never turn their dream into a reality.

A minuscule percent of all college basketball players graduating will see the inside of a NBA locker room. The rest will be subject to watching the games on the couch in their living room like the rest of us. Or they can buy tickets - if they can afford them - in the nose bleed section.

Many athletes, along with the rest of us, will not be able to find jobs when they graduate because we live in a jobless economy. Today, most students are moving back home with their parents after graduation.

In many ways, history is repeating itself. College sports parallel the plantation system. The old slave master’s wealth came thru the pain of the slaves. The new slave master’s wealth comes thru the gain of the college athletes.

Trickle-down economics is bad for the economy. Share the wealth.

Illustration by Eugene Chang

Playing college sports is a dream in itself

Student athletes are being exploited

UP FOR DEBATE

Should student athletes get paid?

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Jason Herndon, 22,journalism

“Yes, I believe that student athletes should get paid because the school is making profit off the athlete playing. Athletes are on video games, and most collegiate games are televised which also brings the school more revenue.”

Diane Vay, 20,journalism

“No, if athletes are being paid at a junior college level, what would be the point of being a professional in the long run? Where will the money come from? If athletes receive income for whatever sport they play, we all might as well receive income for our work regardless of major.

Samuel Villarreal, 18,undecided

“No, due to the whole essence of being students. They’re not at the pros yet. When they get to the pro level, that is when they start getting paid. They wouldn’t pay students musician or performers in the theater, so why should the athletes get paid?

Kacie Kim,film

“Yes. If the athlete is doing the work, the athlete should be paid, especially in a situation where the school is receiving a large amount of profit.”

‘Tis the season to be vigilant

CAmPUs viEwPOinTs

CAmPUs CORnERBy Lorenzo Gutierrez

Column

Lowe BarryStaff writer

Sebastian SpencerStaff writer

By Trent Ledford

With only a minute left to play in the game, EC was trailing 27-28 and on the verge of losing to lowly Harbor College.

Then the special teams came up with yet another unbelievable play. Freshman defensive back Courtney Crockett saw that the punt had been blocked, scooped it up and returned it 20 yards for a game-winning touchdown.

The Warriors (4-1) narrowly managed to escape with a 33-28 victory over the rival Seahawks (0-5) Saturday at Murdock Sta-dium. They've also kept their win streak going at four games.

"Harbor has been struggling, but I’ve noticed that every game they play hard," coach John Feath-erstone said. "I tried to tell the kids it wouldn’t be easy, and it wasn’t."

Crockett was the hero of the game for a second straight week after returning a blocked extra-point attempt for the win last week against Long Beach City College. The Seahawks had just blocked a 51-yard field goal attempt by the Warriors with 1:15 left to play in the game and looked ready for the upset, but the Warrior defense came up huge on the following drive.

Sophomore linebacker Kris-topher Bass made a tackle for a 4-yard loss which forced the Se-ahawks to punt the ball away.

"I came around the edge and I wanted to block it, but I didn’t have a chance,” Crockett said. “So I ran around the kicker and then the ball came and landed right in my hands."

The Warriors were playing their first game without sopho-more quarterback Cole Webb. who tore his ACL last week against LBCC and is expected to miss the remainder of the season.

Freshman quarterback Aaron Shockey replaced Webb in his first game as the starter against the Se-ahawks. He got off to a rough start but became noticeably more com-fortable as the game progressed.

Shockey went 17 for 26 with 142 yards, no touchdowns, one in-terception and had 12 carries for 41 yards.

"As the game went on I got more confident,” Shockey said.

“It’s hard to replace Cole, he’s like a coach on the field, but he helped me a lot all week."

The Warriors struggled to get the passing game going but es-tablished a strong running attack

behind freshman running backs Kendall Sparks had 22 carries for 155 yards including two touch-downs.

The Warriors will now travel to Bakersfield College this Satur-

day at 6 p.m. and will be looking to keep their momentum going as tough stretch of the season comes around.

8 El Camino College Union October 10, 2013sports

Murdock miracleBrian CamachoStaff Writer

Robert Chernetsky / UnionWarriors run to congratulate defensive back Courtney Crockett after he picked up the loose ball for a score after defensive back Kaelyn Henderson blocked a punt.

October 10, 2013 El Camino College Union 9sports

Warriors scoreboard

Football: Warriors 33 (4-1), Harbor College 28 Men’s soCCer: Warriors 0 (2-3-5), Cerritos 3 WoMen’s soCCer: Warriors 0 (0-8-1), Cerritos 7

WoMen’s Volleyball:Warriors 3 (8-3),long beach City 0

WoMen’s Water polo:Warriors 13 (4-4),rio Hondo 12Warriors 14 (5-4)east los angeles 8

Warriors schedule

Football: oct. 12 at Bakersfield College 6 p.m. Men’s soCCer: tomorrow vs eCC Compton Center 2 p.m. WoMen’s soCCer: tomorrow vs eCC Compton Center 4 p.m.

WoMen’s Volleyball:tomorrow at Cerritos College6 p.m.

WoMen’s Water polo:oct. 16 atpasadena City College3 p.m.

Cross Country:tomorrow at Irvine Invitational

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Alycia Presley / UnionGoalie Cambria serrano leaps for a block during the women’s water polo team during its double header on oct. 2 vs rio Hondo College and East Los Angeles College.

The women's water polo team soared their way to victory on as it defeated both Rio Hondo College in overtime, and East Los Ange-les College (5-4) last Wednesday, Oct. 2.

El Camino managed to swim passed defenders, and gave their opposition a run for their money. "We definitely out swam the other teams, giving us more opportuni-ties to score on offense," utility player Lynsey Alabab said.

Coach Corey Stanbury was pleased with his teams perfor-mance, with the majority of play-ers recording one goal on offense.

"We had nine different girls score over the course of the two games," Stanbury said.

During the games, Stanbury was determined to see that his the team won and they also showed more aggression as the games continued.

"It was two very hard-fought games, especially during the sec-ond period when we scored in the Rio Hondo game," Stanbury said.

Alexis Ivans steered her way towards defenders making six goals during the double-header, also both Lauren Gottschalk and Nicole Clarke recorded five goals each.

Goalie Cambria Serrano led defensively with 15 saves, mak-ing things difficult for other teams to score. Serrano now has 79 to-tal saves for the season, and is pleased with how the offense does their part in scoring.

"We could have played better, and won with better scores," Ser-rano said. "Although we did play great defense, by blocking the ball

and recording many steals, we need to work on fixing our small errors."

Once this is mastered, Serrano feels her team will improve drasti-cally during the rest of the season.

Also on defense, Ivans led the Warriors with six steals.

The Warriors showed great

chemistry with one another giv-ing each other valuable chances to score. Clarke recorded three as-sists, along with Gottschalk, Ala-bab, and Evelyn Siguenza dishing out two assists.

Alabab felt that her team could have scored more points.

"There were a few bad choices

we made out there, but we are growing much better as a team," Alabab said. "We forced ourselves to play more defense than we wanted to. Moving forward into the Warriors season, the girls feel there is still more room for im-provement.”

"As a goalie, I need to work

more on my lob shots," Serrano said.

Communicating better and cre-ating more chances is what the team will be working on moving forward.

"Our team will be working on passing and driving for offense and defense," Alabab said.

The Warriors will look to im-prove on their 3-4 record when they travel to Ventura for the Ven-tura Tournament this weekend Oct. 11-12.

Team ball leads to victoryMarquis ParkerStaff Writer

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Patriots’ own Warrior

Tom Brady drops back, scans to his left and scans to his right.

He fires a shot to his left and finds a streaking Kenbrell Thomp-kins for an 18-yard touchdown pass, the first of the wideout’s

career against the Atlanta Falcons. Three years ago these words were just a dream

that Thompkins was chasing when he flew by him-self from Miami to Los Angeles to play football at El Camino College.

“You know what we say at El Camino, ‘once a warrior always a warrior,” Thompkins said. “I can definitely say that I was humbled and I’m actually thankful to be a part of El Camino’s tradition.”

El Camino provided Thompkins with a founda-tion that helped guide him in his pursuit to meet his goal of one day joining the National Football League.

“El Camino helped me develop into a man,” Thompkins said. “It taught me how to handle diversity and it taught me how to approach certain situations.”

Along with the challenges that he faced after moving accross the country the football team’s bond was something that helped the transition go smoothly.

“Being part of a family that treated me so good was a humbling experience for me,” Thompkins said.

Coach John Featherstone left Thompkins with memories that he will not soon forget.

“Featherstone is a great guy,” Thompkins said. “I mean going out there on Monday we used to always run around in circles for conditioning and Coach Featherstone used to get out there, take his shirt off and run around with us which I thought that was pretty cool. Coach Featherstone is a guy that I will always remember for the rest of my life.”

Thompkins not only left a lasting memory in the coaching staff’s mind, but his play was something most won’t soon forget.

“Kenbrell is at first very shy and quiet,” Feath-erstone said. “Boy, when he got on the field he was dynamite. He could run, he has really good hands and is very focused.”

Not only was Kenbrell remembered for his on the field play he was remembered for the way he carried himself off the field as well.

“We knew he had a chance to go much further than junior college,” Featherstone said. “He always had great self esteem, he knew he was good.”

The football team’s brotherhood and family bond introduced Thompkins to someone he will never forget when he first came to EC.

“I will never forget meeting a close friend of mine, Ken McRoyal(former EC football player),” Thompkins said. “He ended up passing a couple of years back, but that was a guy I will remember for the rest of my life. I remember when I first got out to california he was one of the first guys that I met. He was one of the first guys that became a brother to me and a guy that will remember for the rest of my life.”

Along with Featherstone, Eugene Engle offensive coordinator also remembers the dominate force Thompkins was on the field.

“When you first see him he is so lean and looks small, but he is strong,” Engle said. “He has such raw talent that it was easy to see he was good once he came onto the practice field.”

Hardwork and determination is what Thompkins believes anyone that is looking to pursue their goal to reach the NFL, but he also believes in taking pride in your school work as well.

“Take school seriously,” Thompkins said. “Put school first and take pride in your craft, take pride in your work and just get up every day and be thankful for what you have and live your dreams. Nothing is impossible and impossible is nothing.”

Former EC wide receiver Kenbrell Thompkins lives his dream after becoming a member of the New England Patriots this year.

Matthew SimonSports Editor

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Former wide receiver Kenbrell thompkins catches a pass against Long Beach City College back in 2009.

Courtesy of the New England Patriots/David Silverman photoAfter being signed as an undrafted rookie thompkins has signed for the New England patriots.

University of Cincinnati athletic departmentAfter leaving EC thompkins joined the University of Cincinnati to become a Bearcat.