Fernando Gomez shares his story of being a homeless student
ELAC student Fernando Gomez is fighting for stable housing for students in the LACCD.
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War in Ukraine has harming effects on gas prices in America
Gas prices have created barriers for students who commute to class. In the past weeks, Los Angeles’ gas prices have increased drastically.
Should Biden eliminate student loans?
Everyone should support Biden’s plan to eradicate student loan debt, even if it is just a small percentage, because it will benefit borrowers.
“Operation Varsity Blues” gives insight to college admissions scandal
Chris Smith’s “Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal” was an eye-opening documentary because of the amount of corruption it exposed.
OPINION: Talent irrelevant for college admission process
The college admission scandal wasn’t shocking to many current and former students.
OPINION: Student loan forgiveness deserves more attention
Only 26 people have been approved out of nearly 34,000 borrowers who have applied to a popular student loan forgiveness plan. These figures were released at a conference held by the Education Department last week. CNBC reports that so far more than 20,000 applications for a popular student loan forgiveness plan are pending.
OPINION: Fireproofing equipment costs consumers money
In Malibu, California a recent fire called the Woolsey Fire spread out and burned down thousands of the homes and lands. The cause is still under investigation, but electric companies, such as Edison, Pacific Gas and Electric Company are possibly to blame for the fire because of not having fireproof equipment.
LACCD releases data, reveals cost of school operations
The East Los Angeles College unrestricted general fund cyclical data from October reveals what the school spends its money on.
Veteran STEM program receives $1.6 million grant
“This is a grant that we’ve been working on for three years. This is not something that’s put together in a month. So of course when we got the grant, we were very happy, but it’s very important to know that this was a team effort,” said Director of STEM Armando Rivera.
Sheriffs seek owners of lost money
By Brian Villalba After four months, $300 that was dropped in the P4 parking structure and turned into the East Los Angeles College Sheriff Station has yet to be claimed. The money was dropped in the structure on May 30. The low-resolution ELAC campus security footage showed two unidentified females with items falling out of one of their bags. It isn’t exactly clear what was dropped. A few minutes after…