By William Hernandez After a historic season, the women’s basketball team was honored for their success by the Monterey Park community, receiving an award of recognition from Mayor David Lau last Tuesday. “It was an honor receiving the award,” said Head Coach Bruce Turner. My first year of recruiting, and all the high schools around East Los Angeles College didn’t even know we had a basketball team.” The 2011-12 season…
By Carlos Alvarez The baseball team winning streak reaches six with come from behind victory against Los Angeles Harbor College, 6-4, on Tuesday, April 24. Sophomore starting pitcher Christian Madrid (3-4) gained his composure after giving up four runs (3 earned) in the first inning to get the victory. “He was trying to do too much. He was to pumped up before the game, but he did a good job,” Head…
By Tadzio Garcia Stanford University is in first place, by two points, after the first day of the Pac-12 Men’s Swimming Championships at East Los Angeles College. The University of California, Berkeley is in second place; just two points shy of Stanford’s lead of 74 points. The country’s fifth-ranked team, the University of Southern California, is in third place. Day 1 consisted of preliminaries and finals in the 200-yard medley relay…
Shower times- Elans and faculty avoid the rain by hiding under their umbrellas and hoods.
By Erik Luna Conflicting schedules and offerings of classes at East Los Angeles College hinder student’s efforts to transfer to four-year universities. As an Elan on his third semester, I’ve always tried to focus on getting my math and English classes done, but class schedules and the time those classes start usually mess up my plans for the semester. This can be an even bigger problem than most students…
By Edgar Lopez There is no special meaning to East Los Angeles College’s main vein, the walkway between the E3 and E5 buildings. Students constantly hurry through it to get to class or to go home. It is merely a walkway. There are countless walkways around the world. What makes ELAC’s so special? I didn’t know or care to know until my editor suggested it would make a good…
Listing of the new locations for the E1 Student Services Building Matriculation E1 183 Student Services E1 213 Vice President, Student Services E1 211 Transfer and Career Center E1 176 Financial Aid E1 173 Counseling E1 127 Disabled Students E1 160 Outreach & Recruitment E1 105 (inside Admissions) Fiscal E1 135 Admissions E1 105 Enrollment Center E1 121 EOP&S E1 227 International Students E1 206
Evacuation Drill The Sheriffís Department and Administrative Services will conduct a campus-wide evacuation drill today at 10:15 a.m. The drill will last approximately 10 minutes. Town Hall Meeting An informal financial aid meeting will be held at the E1-Parking Area, Tuesday at noon to answer questions students and faculty have about financial aid. Blood Drive There will be a blood drive by the Lunch Truck and Free Speech…
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