Honored ELAC coach dies
Retired East Los Angeles College football coach Al Padilla was an exceptional man with a personality to match. The former ELAC coach died on Oct. 4 due to kidney problems.
Campus News
ELAC Campus News art director scores professional award
Despite finding himself in quarantine like much of the country, Steven Adamo, one of East Los Angeles College Campus News’ most decorated staff members, has won yet another award in journalism.
Adamo, ELAC Campus News art director, won second place in editorial cartooning at the Los Angeles Press Club’s 62nd Southern California Journalism Awards.
Campus News website wins first place
East Los Angeles Campus News won first place in the student news website contest competing with four-year and two-year colleges when the Los Angeles Press Club hosted their 62nd Southern California Journalism Awards on Aug. 29.
Latest issue of ELAC Campus news created by J101 students
Issue 20 of ELAC Campus News was written by Spring 2020 Journalism-101 students, or “pups,” as they’re called in the newsroom. With the help of the current Campus News staff and page editors, the team was able to create this week’s issue exclusively online. After issue 15 of Campus News, published on March 11, the staff had to shift the newsroom into a virtual work environment due to the campus…
Athletics Department refutes Campus News opinion
By Cerwin D. Haynes of the Athletics Department A Response to the Campus New Editorial We here at East Los Angeles College Athletics would like to take a few moments to respond to an op-ed piece in the December 6th edition of the Campus News. Before we start, there’s a few things we’d like to point out: We appreciate our students using their voice to express their opinions and exercise…
ELAC Campus News wins 14 awards
By Maria Marroquin Monroy East Los Angeles College Campus News brought home 14 awards from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges SoCal Conference held on Oct. 19 at California State University, Fullerton. Of the 14 awards Campus News staff received, the biggest were General Excellence in publication for both print and online edition. Along with workshops, the convention held awards for publication and on-the-spot entries. Publication awards were for entries…
ELAC Campus News brings home 15 awards
East Los Angeles College Campus News won 15 awards at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges’ State Convention on March 28-30 at the Doubletree by Hilton Sacramento.
Campus News staff win awards at regional write-offs
By Gustavo Buenrostro East Los Angeles College Campus News won four awards at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges’ SoCal Conference on Sept. 29 at California State University, Fullerton. The awards won were for the On the Spot competition, which is when community college journalists compete in competitions at the conference. The winners were Andrew Ayala, Kevin Camargo, Melody Ortiz and Julie Santiago. Santiago won first place in News Photo….
OPINION: ELAC withholds information
Since Campus News was denied the list of retirees in the spring, the lack of transparency within the administration at East Los Angeles College has become increasingly apparent. Campus News has tried to obtain the list of staff and faculty retiring after the Supplementary Retirement Plan passed in May, but the ELAC administration has not budged nor has it provided a good reason for the denial. The refusal of the…
The Feature Is Ours podcast series
Campus News presents “The Feature Is Ours,” an entertainment podcast hosted by staff members, and self-proclaimed movie buffs, Anastasia Landeros and Gustavo Buenrostro. On this episode, Anastasia laments over some recent casting news, and guest host Ivan gives his review of the film Ghost in a Shell.