Black Student Success Week
Black Student Success Week is to provide resources to provide enough resources to African American Students to fulfill their brilliance at community college.
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Women at ELAC finally have their own wrestling team
East Los Angeles College will have its own women’s wrestling team.
Beginning in spring semester, women’s wrestling will be an official sport on campus.
We need less vaccine requirements and more safety measures
The Los Angeles Community College District has changed it’s masking and vaccination policy in which new and continuing students would no longer have to submit proof of vaccination when enrolling for classes.
Students treated to a revamped ASU food pantry
The Associated Student Union’s food pantry is open to all students.
It has been revamped and is filled with all-new snacks.
Graduation changes one of many things as a result of the pandemic
Walking down the stage with a certificate that shows all of the hard work is the moment that every student waits for.
Paola Alfato graduated last year from East Los Angeles College where she had to be part of the generation which had to graduate in the pandemic.
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.
Student applicants in short supply for scholarships
Applying for multiple scholarships is made easier through the Los Angeles Community College District’s website, which groups similar applications and carries over responses to other applications.
ASU meeting puts focus on food pantry funding
The Associated Student Union board approved a reduction of funds for the food pantry February 24.
Short films on mental health provided to students from Umoja Program
East Los Angeles College’s Umoja Program partnered with Art With Impact to guide students about how mental health should be discussed during Black History month.
ELAC vaccination guidelines should strike religious reasons for exemptions
East Los Angeles College’s new guidelines to be allowed on campus are good, but could be better. ELAC’s new policy says that in order to be allowed on campus, students and staff must show proof of vaccination. This is good, but ELAC will still allow medical and religious exemptions.