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In the case of a student on campus with a weap-on, the campus police are prepared to handle the situation. Instructors however, aren’t as prepared for such an incident.

“Any kind of gun on a college campus, whether loaded or unloaded, is still a violation of the law,” Sgt. Dal Toruno said. “So, whether your gun is in the trunk and your bullets are in the glove compart-ment like it’s legal to do, because this is a college campus it is against the law.”

Along with legal ramifi cations, students found to have a weapon will also face administrative ac-tion and possibly a hearing regarding their status as a student at EC.

For Sara Blake, English instructor and basic skills coordinator for the Humanities Division, she isn’t sure what she would do in a situation where a student had a weapon in her class.

“I don’t know what I’d do,” Blake said. “I would probably panic, I’d tell everyone to get down and go under their desk, but I don’t think that would be the

best idea.”Along with Blake, Susan Bachmann, English

professor, was also unsure how she would handle the situation.

“My instincts would be to do what I can to keep the situation calm,” Bachmann said. “I’d try to talk down the person in any way I can.”

Most instructors welcomed the idea of having workshops on campus where they could learn what to do in those situations.

“I think a class would be very useful,” Bach-mann said. “There’s no problem with being too prepared. If you know what to do beyond your in-stincts and have the training to know the next step that would help.”

“I for one would be one person that would be at one of the classes,” Claudette Parks, reading in-structor said.

Campus police is ready in any situation where a student is being suspicious or may be believed to have a weapon, Toruno said.

“We’ll try to be as low-key as possible if we just know a student has possession of a weapon,” Toruno said. “We’ll go to the classroom and we might even have somebody in plain clothes get into the class as a student and then kind of surprise the student and gain control of the student and safely remove the weapon and take him into custody and fi nd out what he’s doing with his weapon.”

In the case of a student running around campus with a gun, campus police are prepared to do what-ever it takes to save lives and neutralize the threat.

“In the old days, we were trained to wait for the SWAT team to get there, but since Columbine and

those type of incidents, we have to eliminate the threat,” Toruno said. “We’ve been trained, we draw support from the Gardena Police Department on ac-tive shooter training, we are trained in that we used the offi cers on duty and we can also call surrounding agencies for any assistance.”

“If you have someone who is out there just shooting around, you lock down what you can,” Toruno said. “You lock down the classrooms and handle the threat.”

Some knives, depending on the size, are allowed on campus, but they must be displayed at all times.

Pepper spray is also always allowed without the need of any formal training. Tasers are also allowed on campus, but need formal training.

“We try to tell students not to bring any kind of weapon to campus,” Toruno said. “If you have any question about it, don’t bring it, it’s not worth it.”

With the incidents in Tucson and at Gardena High School, EC is prepared for anything that may happen on campus.

With students’ safety in mind, the Campus Po-lice are ready to save lives and do everything neces-sary to do so.

Matt SimonManaging Editor

Campus police are ready to respond to any disturbances

NEWS LINEUniversity fair to take place on campus Tuesday

-Tayani Davis

UnionEl Camino College

Inter-Club council meeting to discuss club budgets

Financial Aid online workshop for students

Hair donations for cancer patients on campus

ASO set to gather student concerns for conference

There will be a university fair on the library lawn on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information or appointments, interested persons may call 310-660 -3593 ext. 6137.

An Inter-club council and fi nance meeting will take place Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. in the west wing of the Activities Center. Clubs request-ing ICC funding should submit an ICC budget request and attend.

A workshop focusing on fi nan-cial sid for students will be held in the Student Service Center, Room 204-G on Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. Those interested can sign up by calling 310-660-3493.

Students and faculty will have an opportunity to donate their hair for an organization that makes wigs for cancer patients. The event will be located on the Schauerman Library Lawn from 1 to 2 p.m. today.

ASO will have a “Represent Ad-vocacy” table on the library lawn to-day and tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to gather student concerns for their American Student Association of Community Colleges conference.

This is part two of a three part series about students with mental illnesses at community colleges.

Maria Brown, women’s studies professor, walked up to the podium dressed to the tee and kicked off her speech with one question.

“What is women’s history?” Brown asked hypothetically. “Everyone is centered on men and their story, not women’s stories but ‘his-story’ a white male nationalistic perspective.”

Brown’s speech at the women’s history month luncheon last Friday marked the fi rst time a faculty member got the distinction of being guest speaker at the event.

For the month of March, EC aims to honor women’s history in a variety of ways, kicking it off with the luncheon that has been celebrat-ed for 14 years.

“History is our strength so why not choose someone of our own who is very knowledge-able about women’s history,” Donna Manno, Staff Development Coordinator, said.

Brown said she believes that acknowledg-ing the impact of women’s history is impor-tant because the world teaches about a “man’s journey.”

“Women are excluded from this story along with African-American women and poor people and that even though without a woman a man wouldn’t be in existence, wom-

en were still not seen as important.” Brown said.

She said that women made a difference just as much as men did. Not just Caucasian women but women of all diversities have made a change in our world. This is why she

is so passionate and excited to teach women’s history so students can view the whole story and not just men’s stories.

“Being able to teach women’s history is an exciting thing to do because you get the other side of the story; women’s story. And you can’t tell one story without telling the other right?” Brown said.

Brown said she enjoys teaching women’s history because students get to learn about a different perspective, the “women’s story.”

One student seemed to be enlightened by Brown’s speech on women.

“I realize that women do have a choice today. She made me realize that history isn’t all about men; women are also incorporated in history as well,” Gwendolyn Satchell, 19, business major, said.

Brown feels by teaching women’s history and educating her students well she is helping with women equality.

“When I think about feminism I think about how I feel as a woman, a black Ameri-can woman that has a choice,” Brown said.

Aside from the women’s history month luncheon last Friday, the second “Girls in the Garage” workshop was last Saturday in one of the auto shop rooms. Pati Fairchild, autobody instructor, ran the workshop, aimed to get women into the automotive profession.

Other upcoming events celebrating Wom-en’s History Month include a “Women’s Wall of Fame Ceremony,” a book discussion on “The Help” with the novel’s writer Kathryn Stockett, a hat fashion show, and the unveiling of the 2011 “Women of Distinction Award”.

All events will be in the Alondra Room on campus. Dates and more information about these events can be found online at http://www.elcamino.edu/events/whm2011.asp

Continued, see ENERGY, Page 2

Women’s history month celebrations at ECTayani DavisStaff Writer

“Everyone is centered on men and their story, not women’s stories but “his-story” a white male nationalistic

perspective.” —Maria Brown

women’s studies professor

EC GOES GREEN EC GOES GREEN TO SAVE MONEYTO SAVE MONEY

Shiggy Ichinomaya /UnionMaria Brown, women’s studies professor, speaks to attendees of the event.

Nicholette RaeckeStaff Writer

El Camino is on the fast track to becoming a green and energy-effi cient campus.

The construction of the cam-pus’s newest buildings are being completed in accordance to the Energy and Sustainability Policy. These guidelines are also saving the campus money while earning incentives.

The next “green” building, due for completion in November, is the Math, Business, Health and Science Building, or MBHS.

The Energy and Sustain-ability recommends that all new public buildings be equipped and constructed with energy saving measures. Factoring in materials

that can help decrease our carbon footprint and help lower our out-gassing issues can help us meet higher standards.

By contracting under the policy’s guidelines, the aim is to reduce campus energy by 15 per-cent.

“The newest building, de-signed under the guidelines of Title 24, is exceeding those stan-dards,” Bruce Hoerning, assistant director of facilities planning and services, said. “We’re also de-signing facilities that outperform the energy code by 15 percent.”

There are also other updates on campus that may assist EC in energy conservation.

Replacing 12 boilers and nine chillers with three boilers and three chillers have been a suc-

cessful endeavor, Hoerning said.The newer units can adjust to

the needs of the campus, instead of running full charge all day, he said.

While the Humanities Build-ing opened in 2008 employs en-ergy conservation, Barbara Jaffe, associate dean of humanities, said there are already problems with accommodating all the students at EC.

The overfl ow of classes are held in additional buildings on campus. The Humanities Build-ing houses departments once ex-isting in four separate buildings. This includes the Writing Center and the foreign language labs.

Student outreach has factored into construction due to students speaking out about their needs.

Tons of dead sardines swamp King HarborMillions of sardines, killed by natural causes, blanketed the bottom of King Harbor Marina in Redondo Beach last Tuesday while tons more rested on the surface of the water. The smelly incident was cleaned up by a com-bination of volunteers and city workers. The sardines were believed to swim into the harbor and deplete all the oxygen in the water.

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March 10, 2011 / El Camino College Union2 NEWSPOLICE BEAT

Student is cited for marijuana possession

Feb. 25, 1 p.m.— Police responded to a call from the Natural Sciences Building re-garding possible drug activ-ity in the second fl oor men’s restroom. When offi cers ar-rived, a male student took off in a different direction but was stopped on the south west side of the Schauerman Library. The student faces both admin-istrative and criminal punish-ment. He was issued a citation for possession of marijuana and is scheduled to meet with the director of student develop-ment for his misconduct.

Man cited for driving on suspended license

Feb. 26, 10 p.m.—A speed-ing vehicle was pulled over by offi cers at the corner of Re-dondo Beach and Crenshaw boulevards. It was determined a male non-student was operat-ing the vehicle on a suspended driver’s license and was issued a citation for driving with a suspended license.

Offi cers respond to student who slipped

March 3, 6 p.m.—A fe-male student slipped and fell in the hallway of the Math and Computer Science Building. The student sustained injury to her right knee and lower back. She sought medical attention on her own.

—Ashley Curtin

Making its mark on campus is the Associated Students Organi-zation’s main goal this semester.

They want to let students know who it is and what they do.

As the spring semester be-gins, ASO has added a new fo-cus to its busy agenda and that is getting its name known around a campus where many students keep to themselves.

“Many students on campus are unaware that we even have a student government,” Rebecca Cobb, director of student devel-opment, said.

ASO’s goal is to have every student aware of what it is, what it stands for and how it can help make this a better place for the students.

“As an advocate for students rights, my goal is to have more of an outreach to the students,” Rebekka Asher, commissioner of activities, said. “I want students to know who we are and have bigger turnouts when we have events.”

Even though some of their goals were not accomplished last semester, ASO is still going for-ward with the goals they set out to do last semester.

Asher said one of those goals was putting recycling bins on campus which ASO has already done, but they’d like to put more.

Other planned events include hair donations for cancer patients and canned food drives.

ASO also plans to host events that are similar to the ones they had last semester.

ASO plans to raise student awareness

Workers have been hammering away at all times of the day to construct the new Math, Business, and Health Sciences Building, set to be completed later this year.

“There have been several rain delays and problems with the concrete construction,” Bruce Hoerning, assistant director of facili-ties planning and services, said. “but these are issues that can be fi xed on make-up days. We haven’t fallen behind because of it; every-thing is right on schedule.”

Construction is moving along smoothly with the majority of the concrete work being done by March 25. The workers are currently working on pouring the roof decking, Hoern-ing said.

“Building of the new MBHS facility began in March of 2010 when the company Taisei won the construction bid at a board meeting,” Tom Brown, assistant director of facilities planning and services, said. “The scheduled time for it to be completed should be around August 31, 2011.”

Hoerning said that construction on the MBHS building is being funded by Measure E, a bond that was worth a total of $394 mil-lion available for the campus to use for new facilities.

“The new facility will be four stories with similar architecture to the Humanities Build-ing,” Jo Ann Higdon, vice president of admin-istrative services, said. “It will house math and business classes on the fi rst three fl oors, and nursing, respiratory tech, and radiology classes on the fourth fl oor.”

Once the new MBHS is built, the old Math and Computer Sciences Building will become the new home of classes from the technical arts building. The old Technical Arts Build-ing, located on the north side of campus will eventually be torn down and replaced with a new parking structure.

“It won’t be until September 29 that the MBHS building will be ready for commis-sioning and furnishing, but the building won’t be fully operational for classes until spring of 2012,” Hoerning said.

The new MBHS Building will have a total of 58 classrooms, 72 faculty offi ces and three divisional offi ces.

“I’m very excited,” Alex Kim, communi-cations major, said. “I think it’s awesome that EC is providing us with new and better build-ings.”

New MBHS is on track for completion

Compton Center CEO has contract terminated

Lawrence Cox, Chief Executive Offi cer of El Camino College Compton Center, was terminated on Feb. 24 for an undisclosed reason. Genethia Hudley-Hayes, the state appointed trustee of the Compton Center decided on the termination and an-nounced this move without any further explanation.

Saul Panski, vice president of the Compton Cen-ter, said it was a personnel matter and that currently the chief business offi cer, Daniel Villanuev,a is tak-ing over until a new CEO is chosen.

Cox was evaluated at the end of last year, but after his current evaluation the result was what led

Hudley-Hayes to her decision, Panski said.“The new CEO will come up with his or her pri-

orities on how to move forward,” Panksi said. “But as an institution this will not affect the partnership with EC.”

Panksi assured the EC Academic Senate on March 1 that the Compton Center has nothing to worry about while dealing with this transition. EC can rest assured that during these times, the district will stay strong and move forward.

“We want to really make sure that academic quality is there,” Thomas Fallo, president of EC, said. “Then we will worry about the district func-tions as we go.”

Jessica Mendoza Staff Writer

Tayani Davis Staff Writer

According to a recent survey of 133 faculty members on campus about smoking, 50 respondents said that smoking should be completely banned from campus and 43 respondents said that there should be designated smoking areas.

Smoking on campus may face stricter restric-tions, said Christina Gold, president of the Academ-ic Senate, during a recent Academic Senate meeting held.

“We will be sending out surveys to all faculty members in regards to smoking on campus,” Gold

said.Gold added that the issue has been raised at two

meetings so far, and plans to make a change in cur-rent policy are in the works. Currently students must be 20 feet away from a building, doors and windows when smoking.

“I feel that we should have designated smoking areas on campus,” Jose Contreas, 19, fi re science major, said. “I personally hate walking around cam-pus walking into someone’s smoke.”

Two student surveys have been done and com-pared, resulting in students in favor to having ad-ditional restrictions on smoking.

Jessica MendozaStaff Writer

Sam BarkeStaff Writer

The MBHS building is proceeding on schedule and should be fi nished later this year, but the building won’t be ready for students until spring 2012.

Academic Senate discusses smoking on campusENERGY From Page 1

Photo Illustration by Jose Flores /Union

Mike Williams /Union

“The needs of the campus and students always factors into the construction plans,” Hoerning said.

For instance, once the plans for the MBHS building had been started, a fourth fl oor was added. At this time, there are no reports available to gauge the energy savings in respect to the previous buildings. In all, there are several other buildings facing changes or renovations in the near future.

“We have one dedicated classroom for all of our students,” Martha Smith, administrative as-

sistant to the nursing program said. “This is also great because not only will we have a new building for our classes, but we will eventually have a new park-ing lot.”

For Tamara Yeghiayan, edu-cational studies major, the addi-tion of the new building is some-thing she’s looking forward to.

“I’m glad we won’t have to worry about going to the old building that is pretty old. This new building will add to the cam-pus’s look,” Yeghiayan said. “ I mean everyone loves new things and this building won’t be any different and it’s a plus that the college has the environment in mind with this process.”

Smoking was one of the main topics discussed at Academic Senate meeting in the Alondra Room last week.

Offi cers put student in protective custody

March 2, 1:18 p.m.—A police cadet heard a female student screaming outside the south side of the Student Ac-tivities Center. She told him she was going to hurt both herself and other students. She also said she wasn’t taking her medication. Since the student was a danger, an offi cer re-sponded and took her into pro-tective custody. She was then transported to a hospital where she underwent a 72-hour eval-uation.

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The Women in Technology (WIT) program was founded in 2005 through a VTEA Grant sponsored by Dr. Stephanie Rodriguez, now dean of Industry and Technology. Its primary goal/mission is to promote recruitment, reten-tion, and graduation of women in non-tradi-tional technical majors.

WIT encourages women to view non-tradi-tional employment from a practical, hands-on, interactive perspective, and “Empower Women for Economic Success.”

Here are some facts: • Today, women have a 90 percent chance

of becoming sole support for themselves and/or their children at sometime during their lives.

• Women in non-traditional careers typi-cally earn 20 to 30 percent more than women in traditional occupations.

• Women who are members of unions earn about 30 percent more than women working in places without unions.

Currently, there are about 150 EC students participating in the program.

The WIT Center, located in Technical Arts, Room 104B has a staff consisting of peer men-tors, and peer tutors who provide a variety of services including scholarships, resources and support activities.

The WIT Club is involved in campus ac-tivities and in promoting women in non-tradi-tional careers. Please visit elcamino.edu/aca-demics/indtech/wit and our facebook for more information.

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Vol. 64, No. 11March 10, 2011

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The issue: Old campus buildings in need of reno-vations.

Our stand: EC is taking a step in the right direction with new energy-saving buildings.

Victoria MartinezProgram Coordinator

Illustration by Dan Baldonado

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—See related article on Page 6

With recent Academic Senate meetings dis-cussing the current smoking policy, it is time to make a change and restrict smoking.

After being stuck in a classroom with no air condition-ers for hours you just can’t wait to get out for a breath of fresh air.

When that time fi nally arrives you realize that fresh air you inhaled is more like the coughing of an old car en-gine’s exhaust pipe.

The smoking policy has been a hot topic in recent Aca-demic Senate meetings with regards to revising it.

The current policy for students is that they must be at least 20 feet away from a building, doors and windows when smoking.

The policy needs to change and that change needs to be to create designated smoking areas on campus.

According to the World Health Organization, there are more than 4,000 chemicals found in tobacco smoke, 250 of which are known to be harmful and 50 are known to cause cancer.

Many colleges such as Fullerton and Santa Ana College have already banned smoking on campus.

Just last year Santa Monica College banned smoking completely on campus.

With rising concerns about health, the college needs to take steps to make it healthier and safer for everyone on campus.

Reducing the places students are allowed to smoke would be a great fi rst step to that goal.

While students should still be allowed to smoke, they

should not be allowed to smoke wherever they please on campus and stricter restrictions should be applied.

The current smoking policy is not being heavily en-forced or respected as you can usually see students smok-ing near buildings.

Students need to have respect for others and this change needs to happen.

In doing so we can limit the places students are allowed to smoke and should make it a little easier for other stu-dents who do not smoke.

If the college continues with the current smoking policy, it will continue to be a problem for non-smoking students.

So the next time when you want to take that nice clean breath of fresh air you don’t have to worry what you are inhaling.

With the California budget in a state of crisis, the decision for EC to “go green” has come at the best time.

The new Math, Business, Health and Science Building, which is to be complet-ed in November of this year, is being built with all the means to save energy.

This move will save money, which is important because the college will see a cut in its budget after the budget proposal Gov. Jerry Brown suggested.

Along with saving money, this move will help the college get closer to reach-ing its goal of reducing campus energy by 15 percent.

The new building will be following the lead of the Humanities Building, which was also built to help reduce the amount of energy the campus is using.

In accordance with Title 24, the new buildings on campus are spearheading the Assembly Bill 32, which mandates Cali-fornia reduce greenhouse gas emissions signifi cantly by 2020.

With classes being cut in recent years, saving money on energy will be a plus for the campus.

Along with the upgrades of the build-ings, switching out-dated equipment around campus will also help EC reach its goal of using less energy.

With the students in mind, the campus’s move to upgrade to newer buildings pro-vides a better environment for students to thrive in.

The new MBHS Building will also be able to house more students, which means

students will have an easier time with classes.

Making the adjustments according to Title 24 will also provide EC incentives for conserving more energy.

The nursing program, which is one of the top programs on campus, will also have a new home on the top fl oor of the MBHS Building.

This new building will not only bring a fresh feel to campus, but will also give students a better feeling when they take classes in a brand new building.

Students should appreciate that the campus is making moves to make this campus more environmentally friendly.

With the additions to the campus, stu-dents will now have buildings that not only save energy, but provide students with buildings that look nice and give stu-dents the comfort of being in a building that they like.

Along with the changes students can look forward to having more classes that they can be in.

—See related article on Page 1

If you ask a man what a world without women would be like, I’m sure a devilish smirk would cross his face. Thoughts of nonstop ESPN, video games and muscle cars would surely consume the majority of his time.

Though he may worry for a moment about the nur-turing, compassionate and empathetic touch of a wom-an he may miss, he’s most likely be wondering where he’s going to get his next batch of clean underwear.

If you ask a woman what a world barren of them-selves would be like, you would fi nd a much different answer. Of course there are the obvious things like the inability to reproduce, but it’s the little and the not-so- little things that would really make an impact.

Women may be known for being warm, caring and compassionate, but they have also contributed to soci-ety in enormous ways.

Mary Anderson received a patent for her windshield wiping device in 1903. Imagine driving along the 405 Freeway during June gloom’s rain storms without a pair of windshield wipers.

Though women may not join men along the front lines of war, they have certainly aided the battle. Mar-tha Coston received a patent for a Pyrotechnic Night Signal system, better known as fl ares, which the U.S. Navy purchased and used during the Civil War.

And, of course, to show the softer side of female contributions, there’s Toll House chocolate chip cook-ies invented in 1930. Ruth Wakefi eld accidentally cre-ated the cookies thinking pieces of Nestle chocolate would melt to make chocolate cookies. She then paired with Nestle, trading her recipe for a lifetime supply of Nestle chocolate.

Women offer more than just an inventive perspec-tive to society. For example, the oppression of Islamic

women gives some insight on a world where the female voice is quieted. However, it is clear the impact they can have when given the chance to express their ideas.

“The results of Iran’s last two presidential elections reveal the moderating power of women - their covered heads and bod-

ies notwithstanding. President Mohammed Khatami, a moderate by current Iranian standards, was elected twice over the wishes of Islamic conservatives because of the pivotal support of women,” Barbara Crossette said in The New York Times.

The female perspective brings fresh and innovative ideas, helping the world to expand economically and improve the standard of living.

“When women’s infl uence increases, these experts explain, it strengthens the moderate center, bolstering economic stability and democratic order,” Crossette said.

“National standards of living improve family in-come, education, nutrition and life expectancy all rise, and birthrates fall - as women move toward equality, “Jennifer Seymour Whitaker said, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations studying how investing in women can help increase economic development and stability.

At the end of the day it all boils down to this: a world without women is a world without a fresh outlook on life.

Female race has contributed a lot to today’s world

Samantha TroisiFeatures Editor

COMMENTARY

WIT: where technology and women meet

OPINION 5March 10, 2011/ El Camino College Union

Should governments regulate the Web?

Alma ZazuetaStaff writer

Regulating Web content protects

society.

Limiting the Web will only fi lter information.

The Swing and Sway club meets on Wednesdays in the Physi-cal Education Building South, Room 233, from 4 to 5 p.m. The club also meets from 6 to 9 p.m. on Fridays during Larisa Bate’s Dance 10 Social and Ballroom class, in the Physical Education Building South, Room 212.

What is your job as presi-dent?I mainly tell people what to do and make sure that everyone stays on track. I also help teach people the dances. What is the purpose of your club?Ballroom dancing has been around for a long time, prob-ably around the 1800s, but it’s a dance that has lost its popu-larity. We want to bring it back, same with swing dancing and dances like the Lindy hop. They were all popular dances back in the day and we want to let peo-ple know that there is more to dance than just salsa and hip - hop. We would also like to edu-cate others about other dances that people are not usually used to seeing.

When did the club start?We just barely started. We start-ed at the end of last semester but everyone was so busy with fi nals that we couldn’t get peo-ple active in the club. So this semester we really want to get it started.

What goes on during club meetings?We usually practice different dances during meetings. We have been currently planning some events, such as a mas-querade ball, that we plan to have in May. We used to go to competitions and watch profes-sionals dance as well to see how they perform. If people decide to commit themselves to this club, we will probably do that more often, and participate in more competitions. What are some of the dances that you teach to members?To name a few, we teach Swing dance, the Lindy Hop, the Charleston, the Jitterubg, the Viennese waltz, the foxtrot and the tango.

Can anyone join the club even if they don’t have dance expe-rience?You can join the club even if you don’t have experience. Even if you don’t have a dance partner you can join. A majority of our members have no dance experience, which is ok because that’s why we are here, to teach them.

Denise GuevaraPresident

Swing and Sway

The right to an American’s freedom of speech is protected by the First Amend-ment, but what happens when a citizen abuses that right to threaten the lives of others? What happens when that right is breached the same way in other countries? Shouldn’t governments have a say in the restriction of what can or cannot be said within public media and social networks?

We often do not realize just how potent our words can be, whether they be verbal or written in digital ink. A single word or cluster of sentences can entice a group of individuals for better or worse.

Social networking sites such as Tumblr and Twitter are the craze these days, but it is Facebook that is the most popular. Face-book has an estimated 150 million users accessing the site through mobile devices across 200 mobile operators in 60 coun-tries. Almost 85 percent of college students have a Facebook page, which amounts to nearly 3.85 million members.

While social networks are being used for communication between friends and networking, these sites also allow users to express their opinions and views freely.

As stated by the Daily News Egypt, Egypt’s only independent Newspaper, “The Internet is becoming a dominant tool to express socio-political views that fail to es-cape the fi lters of the mainstream media.”

The power of social networks recently brought down the regime of President Hos-ni Mubarak in Egypt, via a page created nearly three years ago. The page gathered nearly 60,000 activist members to con-cerned issues such as the country’s gov-ernment and economy showing that social networks have the power to rally up people for different causes.

According to an article from the TG daily website, the Department of Home-land Security had recently fi gured out that a number of terrorist groups are exploiting Facebook to recruit new members.

Let’s not forget cyber bullying, a dan-gerous and close to home breed of maltreat-ment.

The fi rst reported case of this in the U.S. occurred in October 2006, when a 13-year- old girl named Megan Meier committed

suicide due to a MySpace hoax set up by her friend’s mom. Since then, hundreds of these cases have sprouted up all over the world.

Regulations need to be enforced, whether it is for children or adults. Social networks are becoming a hotspot for ha-tred and evil to bloom. It’s about time that governments step in and restrict these sites before more damage is done.

Regulating the Web is nothing but a way of controlling an individual’s opin-ion.

One of the fi rst things people learn growing up in America is that they are born free and everyone should have the right to express themselves in any way they want.

Music, art, books, newspapers and TV are all different through which individu-

als can inform or entertain themselves and shape their ideas and opinions.

It’s true that today, violence, sex and obscenities can be found just about any-where, especially the Web, but it isn’t log-ical to fi lter and regulate the Internet when these things can be seen out of a computer screen.

When the government starts to get in-volved and starts limiting the information people obtain, they began to control what people think and do.

Restricting the Web is in many ways a barrier for freedom.

When an individual thinks of restrict-ing what we see on the Web, we often think of countries like Cuba, North Ko-rea, or Egypt; countries that are under dictators and controlling governments.

However, this country is different; there is no need for the government to interfere in what we do on the Internet, especially in a country that stands for one thing; freedom.

Limiting the Internet can be pointless because it is easy for individuals to fi nd ways around those restrictions and only become more curious about the things they are being kept away from.

For instance, Egypt is a country that was under the dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak, who had been in control for 30 years, and was recently thrown out of power by his own country.

Mubarak tried to regulate what people read or saw as a way to control his people and keep them from organizing the so called “revolution” that forced him to resign, but it was impossible to do such a thing when the media can now reach a world wide audience.

Everyone has a right to read and have objective information that allows them to agree or disagree with the things that are being done by their government and take a stand.

Parents fi lter their children’s comput-ers to prevent explicit content, however; adults shouldn’t be treated like children and should be free to read and view any-thing they want regardless of what soci-ety might think.

Ever since I got my iPhone, I have found myself ter-ribly dependent on it. However, I know I’m not alone. It seems like these days, smart phones have been taking over our lives.

Our generation has been so dependent and addicted to technology that having a miniature-sized computer easily accessible at all times, doesn’t make things easier.

Why wouldn’t anyone want one?While in class, I notice that the majority of people have

their phone peaking out of their purses or pockets, just to be able to see if they get a new notifi cation. We have all done it, no matter how many times our professors have told us to put them away.

At restaurants, I have noticed that people have their phones set on the table or sometimes they are using them and are completely ignoring each other.

Is this what it has come to? Not being able to enjoy lunch with someone because

our thoughts are consumed with what new notifi cations we are going to get next?

The fact that before watching a movie in the theaters they now have a request displayed before the fi lm starts stating, “Please put your phones on silent as well as no texting.”

We are being asked not to text? That is defi nitely a sign that a majority of us don’t have the resistance to not respond

when we feel our cell phones vibrate through our pockets. We have become so used to the idea of using our computers as the main form of comunication such as texting, e-mailing and Facebooking, that we are losing verbal contact with one another and forgetting what

it is like to make friends in person, rather than on social networks. We cannot let our technology take over our social skills, it is still important to communicate verbally and we must remember that.

I wish I could say, “It’s just a phone”, but in reality it’s not. We have access to the Web, YouTube, Facebook, Twit-ter, GPS, Facetime, games, the radio, and we even have access to our own bank accounts.

No wonder people are so glued to their cell phones, It has everything to make your life convenient, all in a device that fi ts in the palm of your hands.

As if Facebook wasn’t addicting enough, we now have a Facebook “app” that allows us to check our newsfeeds and become that “Facebook lurker” that we all love to hate.

We can also “check-in”wherever we want. As if updat-ing where we are exactly at all times so lurkers can know where we are at isn’t enough, it also has a map conve-niently attached showing our visual location.

If that isn’t the ultimate way of stalking someone, I don’t know what is.

But think about it. Is it really necessary to “check-in” and say that we are at the grocery store? The doctor’s of-fi ce? The movies? It just seems silly to me, but some how we all love to engage in it, including myself.

But when is enough, enough? It seems that no one’s life is private anymore and anything can be accessible through the Web. Even though this piece of technology and en-hancement to mobile devices is in fact, spectacular, I can’t help but to scorn at the thought that my cell phone takes up so much of my time.

If you are not the owner of an iPhone, Android, Black-Berry, Palm, and any other savvy smartphones out there, stay away. Stay far away, because believe me when I say, that they will take over your day-to-day life.

Jessica MendozaStaff writer

Cellphone dependence is society’s new addictionCOLUMN

Siu Siu, 19,business economics major

“It depends. If the govern-ment were to restrict us, then they should give us notice and tell us their reasoning.”

Anita Chen, 19, communications major

“No. We have rights to our Inter-net usage and having the govern-ment give us restrictions on what we see, takes away from that.”

Wesley Saw, 21,art major

“No. I don’t believe they should restrict the Web, It is our life and they shouldn’t interfere where it’s not their concern.”

Stephanie Obusan, 19,speech communications major

“No I don’t believe they should, it’s also an invasion of our rights and privacy. We have the rights to unrestricted Internet usage.”

Aaron Connell, 25,engineering major

“Absolutely not. It’s our con-stitutional right to have me-dia usage without the gov-ernment getting involved.”

Christopher Marinakis, 18,undeclared major

“If the government gets involved, then they are the ones who will be con-trolling your Web usage.”

CAMPUS VIEWPOINTSBy Jessica Mendoza and Anna Ashkinadze

Should governments regulate the Web?

UP FOR DEBATE CAMPUSCORNER

Illustration by Dan Baldonado

—Samuel Barke

Samuel BarkeStaff writer

‘Godspell’ to debut tomorrow night

Following in the footsteps of the late Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, Bryan Martinez, 19, history ma-jor, picked up his fi rst guitar at 8 years old, eventually starting his own band as a sophomore in high school.

“Music grounds me. Both hard times and good times give me reason to write and play mu-sic,” Martinez said. He is the bassist and vocalist for his band Tom is My Friend. With some collaboration from his band mates, Martinez solely writes most of the band’s songs.

Infl uenced by successful bands such as, Blink 182, The Beach Boys, Minor Threat and Weezer, his band’s punk rock style is a mixture of alternative, rock and punk music from the ‘80s and ‘90s.

Martinez’s musical jour-ney began when he joined the middle school band at Cross-road Christian Academy as a seventh-grade student. When the school band’s bassist gradu-ated middle school, Martinez

switched instruments to learn bass guitar.

“We needed a bassist, so I bought a bass guitar on eBay for $25. I had no idea how to play it, but I taught myself,” he said.

While he takes his own band very seriously with aspirations to be a household name, Marti-nez makes college equally im-portant.

“I realize the band might not go anywhere,” Martinez said. “So I have to push forward with education.”

His eighth-grade teacher inspired him to continue on to college.

“She told me, ‘Music is great, but plan A should be col-lege,’” he said. “I can always fall back on music.”

In his second year of col-lege, Martinez aspires to be a history teacher.

“My best teachers were his-

tory teachers,” he said. “They showed me another way to look at things in the world and I want to do the same for future stu-dents.”

With all three band mem-bers enrolled in college, Marti-nez and his band mates share a common goal through education and music.

“Education is important to all of us, but expressing our-selves through our own music and playing on a main stage is also our goal,” Eduardo Herre-ra, 17, undecided major and the band’s drummer, said.

The band is currently orga-nizing its fi rst tour through the Pacifi c Northwest. It also has plans to produce a second album titled, “Making Friends.”

“Music will always be my mainstream, it is how I express myself,” Martinez said.

Knowing the music industry can be very discouraging, Mar-tinez encourages musicians to stick with their talent.

“Anyone that is honest with themselves can sit down and make magic with music,” he said.

6 ARTS March 10, 2011 / El Camino College Union

Explore India from Marsee Auditorium

Cultural documentary fi lm-maker Steven McCurdy docu-ments his experience with the youth organization “Youth Mak-ing a Difference” in his fi lm “In-dia: No Matter How Dark The Present.”

Show times are at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Monday at Marsee Auditorium. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased at the box of-fi ce. For more information, inter-ested persons may call 800-832-ARTS.

—Joshua Sherman

Representatives from Otis, UCLA, Cal State Long Beach, Savannah College of Art and De-sign and Art Center will present their art programs and admission requirements for interested stu-dents.

The panel begins at 11:30 a.m. today and an informal portfolio review will follow from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Interested persons may call the Transfer Center at 310-660-3328 ext. 3408 for more in-formation.

ON THE SCENE

Film

Exhibition featured at Schauerman Library

Art

Rock gospel “Godspell” debuts tomorrow night for an invitational preview. Tickets are $25 and can be bought at the Campus Theatre box offi ce.

Jessica MendozaStaff Writer

Biblical parables come to life with a vintage twist

Bryan Martinez, 19, history major, sings, plays bass and writes songs for his band Tom is My Friend.Mike Williams /Union

Musician aspires to teachAshley CurtinStaff Writer

STAR RISING

Neil Moutrey, theater major, plays Jesus Christ in the musical.

Andrew Kang /Union

Andrew Kang /Union

A groovy, colorful peace sign adorns the stage, as the theater department recreates the ‘70s musical “Godspell.” It was writ-ten by John-Michael Tebelak with music by Stephen Schwartz, most recently known for his work in the musical “Wicked.”

The musical is a series of par-ables, based on the gospel of Mat-thew and Luke from the Bible. It follows Jesus and his disciples with comedic sketches and foot-tapping musical numbers.

The original production takes place in an urban contem-porary setting, but director Bill Georges said he added his own

twist. “We decided to make this a

period piece, with a fun, colorful spin on the late ‘60s and ‘70s, and added some music by Led Zeppe-lin and The Beatles to give it that fl avor,” Georges said.

The musical is a fi rst for the department and was chosen be-cause it was a great ensemble show for students to perform.

“Because it’s an ensemble show, the entire cast is on stage the entire time,” Georges said. “Also, being more of a contem-porary rock musical, we thought it would connect with the stu-dents coming to see it.”

The actors will be playing themselves, with the exception of Neil Moutrey, who will be play-ing Jesus and Tony Melson, who will be playing Judas as well as John the Baptist.

The cast members and pro-duction crew have been working with a six-week rehearsal period

before its debut. “The show to me is about

tolerance, love and being an all around good person,” cast mem-ber, Lorne Stevenson, 21, theater major, said. “I’m most excited to see how the audience will react to it and get the parables of what the show is trying to say.”

Godspell is Stevenson’s fi fth production with EC and he said he has gained experience and confi dence.

“I’m not too nervous, I’m just up here having fun and hopefully the audience will have fun with us,” Stevenson said.

Cast member Ayla Lundin, 20, theater production and perfor-mance major, has been involved with productions in the technical aspect, but this will be her fi rst time on the stage.

“I’m ecstatic. I love theater and coming to EC has opened up my eyes to technical theater. Ini-tially I do want to be a perform-er,” Lundin said. “The opportuni-ty to be on stage, performing and to be able to do my craft is a big thrill for me.”

These students represent tal-ent, confi dence and enthusiasm, which are all key factors to a suc-cessful production, Georges said.

“It’s a learning opportunity to me and working with the cast and learning from one another,” Lundin said. “That in itself is a big part of what theater is, it’s just learning and constantly molding your craft into what you want it to be.”

The musical debuts tomorrow for an invitation-only preview at 8 p.m. in the Campus Theatre. A matinee performance will take place Sunday at 3 p.m. The show will run through March 27.

Tickets are $25 and $18 for children 12 and under. Discount prices are available for students with an ASB sticker. They can be purchased at the box offi ce.

Oil and watercolor paintings by former TV star Lone Citrin are on display through the month of March. Library hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thurs-day, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Interested persons may call the Library at 310-660-3526 for more information.

Art Panel to take place at Haag Recital Hall

Art

SPORTS 7March 10, 2011 / El Camino College Union

Today at 2 p.m. vs.Long Beach City College.Saturday at noon at Long Beach City College.Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. vs.L.A. Harbor College.

—Andrew Lim

Tomorrow at 2 p.m. atCompton College.

ON DECK

BASEBALL

BADMINTON

Today at 3 p.m. atEast L.A. College.Tuesday at 3 p.m. vs.Cerritos College.

SOFTBALL

Tomorrow and Saturday atCuesta College all day.(Cuesta Invitational)

SWIMMING & DIVING

Today at 2 p.m. atMt. San Antonio College. Tuesday at 2 p.m. atCerritos College.

MEN’S TENNIS

Tomorrow at 6 p.m. atSanta Barbara City College.Wednesday at 6 p.m. atLong Beach City College.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Today at 2 p.m. atMt. San Antonio College.Tuesday at 2 p.m. vs. Cerritos College.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Tomorrow at Occidental College for the Occidental Distance Carnival.Saturday at Cal State North-ridge for the CSUN Invita-tional.

TRACK & FIELD

Diving team makes strides while the swimming team falters

Although the swimmers failed to bring home a win, diver Michael Colbert had an exceptional day for the Warriors.

Colbert fi nished with a fi nal score of 106.85 for a fi rst place fi nish at Pasadena City College Friday, as the Warriors com-peted against both Mt. San Antonio College and PCC.

For its next meet, the teams will be heading up north to San Luis Obispo for the

Cuesta Invitational hosted by Cuesta Col-lege tomorrow and Saturday.

“I like the place we are in considering how hard we have been training,” coach Corey Stanbury said.

While Colbert took the win, diver Amy Tran also did well by scoring 106.80, a huge step from her 76.65 point at the previ-ous Mt. Sac meet.

“I’m really excited because I keep im-proving on my dives week by week and this is the fi rst time I did all of my dives really well,” Tran said.

The men’s swim team lost to PCC 187-75 and lost to Mt. SAC 216-51.

The women’s team lost to PCC 161-91 and lost to Mt. SAC 200-66.

“We have been working really hard this whole week,” Stanbury said. “I’m not wor-ried about this meet because we already knew the end result. Pasadena and Mt. SAC are both really strong.”

Swimmer Amanda Atkins was one of the few bright spots for the swim team, plac-ing second in the 1,000-yard free style and fourth in the 500-yard free style.

“I felt sick and sluggish overall and very tired,” Atkins said. “A lot of people are sick. I feel that the team is doing well and working hard.”

Consistency and health have been im-proving with the swim team since its fi rst meet; about 26 swimmers showed up at the PCC Pentathlon as opposed to the 14 who swam at the South Coast Conference Pen-tathlon at Cerritos City College.

“I feel really fatigued, but that’s exact-ly how (Stanbury) wants us to feel, so it’s OK,” swimmer Amanda Sloss said.

Sam BarkeStaff Writer

Warriors continue rollercoaster season

After starting pitcher Josh Mingura pitched a complete game last time out, he struggled to get out of the sixth inning and the de-fense did not do much to help.

The team lost to the Moorpark

College Raiders 5-4 last Friday after the Warriors dropped both games against Santa Barbara City College; 7-4 and 4-0.

“We’re a young team and early on we caught a streak a little bit,” coach Nate Fernley said. “The last few games, we faced a couple of really good pitchers and we needed to execute, but we didn’t. We’re making progress.”

The next stop will be at home today at 2 p.m. vs. Long Beach City College, the second confer-

ence game of the season.“They are kind of similar to

what we are, as far as being really deep on the mound and they also have not been executing well on offense while having a really good defense,” Fernley said. “I think the game is going to come down to things like we were working on today like getting our cutoff man (not allowing any passed balls).”

Starting conference play, the team looks to improve and be in the championship hunt like last

year when it reached the fi nal four.

“We just need to execute more,” Jeff Dorman, outfi elder, said. “We need to be able to score more when we have runners on scoring position.”

The team doesn’t always need to look for a hit with men on base, Fernley said.

“(We need to improve on) our situational hitting,” Fernley said. “A lot of times we don’t necessar-ily need to hit with for example a

runner on third with less than two outs. A ground ball to the short-stop is all it takes to score a run.”

Mingura will start today and Chris Vopinek is set to throw Sat-urday against LBCC.

“We gotta fi gure out how to play more as a team right now,” Andrew Pulido, pitcher, said. “Our last couple of games, we made a few mistakes on offense and defense, but you get that from a young team and we’ll learn from our mistakes and move on.”

Andrew LimCo-Sports Editor

Second baseman Brice Savage dives for a ball as the Warriors lose to Santa Barbara College last Thursday 7-4; the team is currently on a three-game slide after winning six straight games.Mike Williams /Union

After a 5-4 defeat, the Warriors are once again facing a losing record.

8 SPORTS March 10, 2011/ El Camino College Union

Softball team snaps losing streak

Joshua ShermanStaff Writer

Darryl Oumi / Union

Catcher Jackie Gallarza gets the runner out at home plate during the Warriors’ 9-6 win against Orange Coast College last Friday

Despite standing at 5 feet 2 inches, she stands tall among others in the world of pole vaulting.

Pole vaulter Kara Kalmar made history this season at the rainy Cerritos Invitational, set a school record with a vault of 11 feet 5 inches.

“I just want to keep on improving,” Kalmar said. “My goal is 12 feet. That’s what it probably is going to take to win state and get a scholarship. That’s my main goal, just to transfer anywhere that will give me a chance and that has a nursing program.”

Growing up, she always had the edge as she had an Olympic pole vaulter showing her the ropes, she said.

“My dad was a pole-vaulter and he was my coach growing up,” Kalmar said. “He always tried to train me to be a good athlete and to stay active.”

With her dad watching her back and training her, she said she was always athletic growing up. Kalmar graduat-ed from South High school and never stuck to one sport; she always wanted to try everything.

“I was in gymnastics one year and once I got good I went to soccer, but I was never really good at that,” Kalmar said. “Then, I went to a different sport and fi nally stuck with track and fi eld.”

Although Kalmar was the No. 2 pole vaulter in the state last year and No. 1 in the state this year, not once has she boast about being the top pole vaulter or setting a new school record, coach Dean Lofgren said.

“She’s always very polite, mild-mannered, and very low-key,” Lofgren said. “(All the athletes on the team) are all very humble while also being the best in the west-ern United States. Kara falls right in the mold.”

Katrina Wilbanks said that they both just try to make each other better by critquing each other and helping each other.

While also being one of the best and more respected athletes on campus, she also has her embarassing 3 mo-ments.

“My mom came to my practice once to watch me vault,” Kalmar said. “I was trying to vault with the bigger pole and when I went up with the pole, I started to fall down onto the runaway. My mom tried to catch me, but instead she ended up getting whacked in the head with the pole and got a goose egg bump on her head.”

As Kalmar refl ects on the past seasons and this sea-son, she is optimistic that big things can happen for not only herself but the team as well.

“We have so many talented athletes this year,” she said. “Hopefully we can be injury-free.”

Bouncing back from a 10-game los-ing streak, the Warriors won two games in the Golden West Tourney this past weekend and fi nished the tournament 2-2.

“We used this tournament to mix it up and try people in different positions and see what they could do,” assistant coach Tony Flores Jr. said. “It ended up being good for us.”

The three-day event hosted teams from several conferences including Or-ange Empire and Western State, as well as the Warriors’ own conference, South Coast.

“I’m hoping with what we saw this weekend, that we can have a big turnout the second time around,” coach Susie Calderon said.

Despite the Warriors’ success at the

tournament, they failed to bring a win Tuesday as they lost by a score of 9-1 to Compton College.

The team’s next game is at East L.A. College today at 3 p.m.

Due to an injury to her arm, Mea Flores, starting pitcher, didn’t pitch for the entire tournament but instead was able to play as the designated hitter

Flores fi nished the tournament with 12 at bats, fi ve hits, fi ve runs and two runs batted in.

With Flores out, who is statistically one of the best pitchers in the confer-ence, other pitchers had to step up.

Pitcher Sarah Gazzaniga answered the call.

“The pitchers picked it up without Mea throwing,” Flores Jr. said. “I think it would have been a whole different story if we were there fully loaded.”

Gazzaniga pitched for three games and allowed just fi ve runs and struck out 18 batters.

She helped the team win its fi rst two games against Orange Coast, 9-5, and Santa Monica, 8-3.

“I usually only pitch one or two in-nings, but pitching in the tournament re-ally boosted my confi dence,” Sara Gaz-zaniga said.

“We not only were working hard but we were also having fun at the same time.But the having fun didn’t overpow-er us from working together,” she said

However, the Warriors couldn’t keep their streak alive as they lost 4-3 to Southwestern College in extra innings and lost 5-4 to Golden West College on Saturday.

In the second inning of the fi rst game against Orange Coast, Nicole Royal, pitcher, fractured her fi nger sliding back to second base.

Despite the injury, she came back and pitched the fourth and fi nal game against Golden West, although the War-riors lost 5-4.

“We weren’t sure about her fi nger on what she could do, but she pitched out-standing,” Calderon said.

Pitching aside, throughout the tour-nament, Royal was at bat 17 times and had nine hits while driving in two runs.

Not letting the pitchers hog the spot-light, Ellen Omoto, third baseman, and catcher, Camille Redman, shined over the weekend as well.

Omoto, with 16 at bats, had seven hits and six runs batted in.

Redman, with 13 at bats, had six hits with three runs batted in and also scored a run.

“Our one through four batters tore it up and they had a lights-out tournament,” Flores Jr. said. “It helps when you’ve got your sticks going one to four.”

One of the areas the Warriors have struggled with was unforced errors and Calderon said reducing the mistakes was a key to the team’s success in the tourna-ment.

“We cut down the errors and that helped us improve drastically,” Calderon said.

The Warriors made a total of six er-rors during the tournament, which was a big improvement considering recent games where the team made the same amount in a single inning.

“The errors didn’t really hurt us and the defense was a lot more solid,” Flores Jr. said.

“I think this weekend really helped us a lot,” Calderon said. “We’ve had some heartbreakers, but you know what, we saw a lot of good things.”

“They seemed very focused this weekend and I think frankly they’re sick of losing,” she said.

Warriors look to turn things around after winning two games this past weekend.

After 28 years the 5,000-me-ter school record was fi nally broken early in the season.

Runner David Cardona broke the record of 14 minutes and 28.36 seconds with his time of 14:21.27.

“It was exciting,” Cardona said. “With adrenaline pump-ing through me, I was hurting the whole It wasn’t easy but that’s what you train everyday to do.”

Coming down the track, Cardona led the Warriors into familiar territory leaving the other competitors in the dust.

“How well he ran was admi-rable, especially under the cir-cumstances,” assistant coach Kevin Hughley said.

In the invitational section of the race, Cardona fell to the ground right off the line.

Despite scrapes to the side and back of his body, he man-aged to break the record set by former Warrior Rick Dodson.

“When I was falling, I thought I was going to go down,” Cardona said. “In my head I was thinking what do I do. I thoughtt they were go-ing to recall the race But then they didn’t and I stood up and got back into it and my nerves went away.”

The Warriors will be head-ing to Occidental College to-morrow to compete in the Oc-cidental Distance Carnival.

Additionally, they will go to Cal State Northridge to per-form at the CSUN Invitational Saturday.

Shale’ Garland came out

strong winning the 400-meter invitational in 55.23 seconds and placing second in the 200m in 24.29. She is currently the state leader in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter runs.

Following close behind at second in the state rankings is Ronisha Vallery, who also did well in the 100-meter and 200-meter runs at 12.56 and 25.13.

Placing fourth overall with 47 feet and 1 inch in the triple jump, Derion Taylor fi nished the weekend with a solid per-formance.

Knowing he could perform better, Derion Taylor said he expected more from himself.

Kara Kalmar tied for sec-ond with a vault of 11 feet and 2 inches.

“I had high expectations but didn’t as well as I hoped but I did my best,” Kara Kalmar, pole vaulter, said.

“I need to have better prac-tices, work on my form, and bring an umbrella next time for the weather,” she said laugh-ing.

Not only competing against the top schools in the state, the team is constantly under pressure from hostile weather conditions. Last week, the Warriors toughed it out in the rain and over the weekend the Warriors had to perform while being under the sun.

“We had some great perfor-mances, good ones but nothing bad,” Hughley said.

“I think we had a little bit of everything and had some gutsy performances,” Hughley said. “Overall, it was a great day for us.”

Runner breaks 28-year-old record Joshua ShermanStaff Writer

Pole vaulter looks to aim high for the skyAndrew LimCo-Sports Editor

Darryl Oumi / Union

Shortstop Eliana Gomez fi elds a ground ball, throws to fi rst base and gets the runner out during the team’s 9-6 victory against Orange Coast College last Friday.

Patrick Osborne / union

Kara Kalmar, pole-vaulter, prepares at EC for the team’s next invitational on Saturday.