Texas’ heartbeat bill kills abortion rights
Texas passed the “Heartbeat Bill”, banning all abortions after six weeks, making it a controversial and unconstitutional bill that does more harm than good.
Policies
Biden promotes free community college
President Joe Biden proposed two years of community college for free as part of his infrastructure proposal.
Immigration policies to be brought to light
Students at East Los Angeles College can learn about the future of immigration policies at an informational event on the Tuesday.
Students unhappy with latest library policy change
By Julie Santiago Students who petitioned for longer library hours in 2015 think that the new group study room policies lack transparency. The policies, which were implemented in Spring 2017, have study rooms in the library closing 15 minutes before the library closes. These study room policies have concerned some students who feel this could be the beginning of other library cutbacks. “We did not work hard for over a…
District clarifies smoking rules
By Vivian Ramirez Smokers at East Los Angeles College will no longer be able to light up in non-designated smoking areas, as the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees standardized the smoking policy last week to help cite violators. The amendment of current policy results from growing pressure from students and non-smoking organizations to reduce smoking at school. Former district policy dictates that no student or employee can smoke…