Controversial topics discussed at Chicano Moratorium
The Centro Community Service Organization held their annual event commemorating the 49th anniversary of the 1970 Chicano Moratorium.
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Meme’s little taste of Texas
If you’re seeking juicy, smokehouse, Texas-style barbecue in East Los Angeles, look no further than Meme’s Little Taste of Texas smokehouse barbecue restaurant.
Film screening of walkouts with producer Susan Racho
By Melody Ortiz A film screening of “Chicano! Taking Back the Schools” was shown on Wednesday, followed by a Q&A (questions and answers) with the producer, Susan Racho. The film is part three of a four part series called “Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement.” “Taking Back the Schools” recounts the 1968 walkouts and protests in East Los Angeles to demand better education for Mexican-American students. Before…
Our life expectancy may depend on where we live
By: Rene Rauda A person who is born in Los Angeles, California won’t have the same life expectancy as someone who is living in a different city. That’s because they might have a healthy lifestyle, certain diet or are living in an area where the air is pollution free. The average lifespan of a person living in LA is about 81.5 years. The County of Los Angeles Public Health stated…
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, our hosts are EXCITED about the trailer for Spiderman: Homecoming, Anastasia has a bone to pick with fan-boys, and what’s up with the upcoming “Venom” movie?
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 is finally vindicated in her prediction of what Pixar’s “Coco” is all about, and Gustavo continues his obsession with DC films. .
Pokiholics creates buzz among ELAC Community
By Christina Rodriguez Pokiholic is one of the most recent restaurants to make its appearance in the ELAC community and has caused quite a buzz since its grand opening in September of 2015. Like most traditional poke places, the restaurant tends to those who have a palette for seafood, savory and scrumptious meals. The poke phenomena has definitely found a home at ELAC. Pokiholic is located on South Atlantic Ave…
ASU prepares for end of semester activites
By Alexa Santana The Associated Student Union held its last meeting of the semester to discuss activity funding deadlines, end of the year events and the chartering of clubs. The end of the business day on May 15 is the club activity match funding deadline at the Budgetary Affairs Committee (BAC) meeting. By this day both the Vice President of Finance and the Treasurer must return funds that clubs have…
Artist returns to ELAC to display retrospective at VPAM
By Liliana Marquez During the summer of 1979 Arthur D. Avila, who was the East Los Angeles College president at the time, ordered the removal of a mural titled, “The Path to Knowledge and the False University” located at the west wall of Ingalls Auditorium. The mural, which upon its completion in 1975 became the largest mural ever painted in East Los Angeles, was created by artist Roberto Chavez. The…
From foreign to modern language department
By Jose Rojas, Darlene Galvan and Bianca Garcia ELAC’s Foreign Language Department will officially change its name to the Modern Language Department in fall 2015, it was decided on Nov. 25, 2014. “This change was a unanimous decision and we decided to do it because we believe that the word foreign refers to something that belongs to somewhere else. All languages we offer in this department are already modern languages in…