2 El Camino soccer stars earn National Player of the Week award; Petrifying Pumpkins: Winners announced in 6th annual Halloween decorating contest
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SPORTS
2 El Camino soccer stars earn National Player of the Week award
By: Emily Gomez
The National Player of the Week, a title earned by soccer players selected by the United Soccer Coaches, has been awarded to two El Camino College soccer players this semester. Jovanny Mejia from the men’s team and Yoseline Panduro from the women’s team have been selected as the United Soccer Coaches’ Junior College Player of the Week during the seventh week of the current season. Read more.
Warriors football team dominate Antelope Valley despite two injuries
By: Joshua Flores
El Camino Football dominates Antelope Valley in a 60-7 win despite having multiple injuries that put two Warriors out of the game. The Warriors balanced rushing attack helped put the game out early to move to 6-2 on the season. The Warriors next game is Nov. 4 at Ventura College. Read more.
The Warriors cross country on their way to regional as the regular season closes
By: Nellie Eloizard
El Camino women’s and men’s cross country teams raced in the South Coast Conference Championships at Ken Melloy Regional Park in Harbor City on Oct. 27. The men’s team came in second place with 58 points for the four-mile run. While the women’s team came in third place with 80 points for their 5k run. Read more.
ARTS & FEATURES
Petrifying Pumpkins: Winners announced in 6th annual Halloween decorating contest
By: Delfino Camacho
Organized by the Veterans Resource Center, the pumpkins were displayed inside the Student Services Building for the sixth anniversary of the contest. The El Camino College community chooses the contest winners by voting for their favorite pumpkins online. Prizes are awarded to the four highest voted pumpkins as well as a separate deans prize. Read more.
Dia de los Muertos and what it means to students at El Camino
By: Angel Pasillas
Calaveras, colors, candles, and flowers.
It's November and The El Camino College Art Gallery made an altar for Dia de los Muertos. Read what went into this year's altar and see the photos. Read more.
Students learn the art of papel picado for Dia de los Muertos
By: Ethan Balderas
The El Camino College Art Gallery hosted a papel picado workshop for Dia de los Muertos. Students learned the art of creating holes on specialized paper to create intricate designs and patterns. See their designs in this photo essay. Read more.
New Arts Complex overcomes design difficulties to offer new features for students
By: Osvin Suazo
The new Arts Complex, estimated to have cost over $30 million, opened this semester with a few issues but also with new features for students. It houses the Art Gallery, Anthropology Museum, studios and labs. Learn about the modern facilities in the buildings, the classes being offered and the events and happenings that the complex is hosting. Read more.
NEWS
El Camino police chief urges student journalists to keep campus informed, discusses community issues
By: Angela Osorio, Joseph Ramirez, and Nick Geltz
El Camino College Police Chief Michael Trevis discussed ways to improve community outreach and how journalism plays an important role in public safety when he visited The Union newsroom. Learn more about how the chief plans to make community lunches a regular event and talks about bringing back the Campus Watch program. Read more.
Voice your opinion on the admissions process
By: Nick Geltz
El Camino College students can give their input on the transfer admissions process by attending virtual workshops. The goal of the Reimagine Apply Working Sessions is to improve a student’s application experience and reduce the stress of applying to universities. Read more.
Large student turnout for Mi Casa pre-launch event
By: Joseph Ramirez
Faculty members, poets and students were packed into Room 302 on the third floor of the Communications Building on Oct. 18, for the soft opening of El Camino College’s first Hispanic center. Mi Casa stands for Mexican, Indigenous, Central American and South American. Read more.
OPINION
How I learned to embrace both sides of my culture
By: Joseph Ramirez
Born to a Guatemalan father and a white American mother reporter Joshua Ramirez grew up with with an internal struggle. For a while he did not know how to reconcile his two families and two cultural identities. Learn how Ramirez learned to embrace his bi-racial identity and how he celebrates all parts of his culture. Read more.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Photo By: Nathaniel Thompson
Decorated by the Student Health Center to look like killer plant Audrey II from the film Little Shop of Horrors this entry for the El Camino pumpkin decorating contest was on display in the Student Services building on Monday, Oct. 30.
The third issue of the fall semester is still available
The Union’s third print issue of the fall 2023 semester is still available across El Camino College. Make sure to pick up a copy, conveniently found across multiple campus news racks.
The Union Vol. 78, No. 3 features a front page story on the college and community reaction to the Israel-Hamas war, a news story reporting on the Board of Trustees approving the contract agreement between the district and faculty union, an update story covering the El Camino women's waterpolo team season progress thus far and more.
A digital version of our newspaper is available here.
Be on the look out for our fourth print edition of the semester scheduled to be delivered later this month, Thursday, Nov. 16.
The Union will release only two more print editions this semester, on Nov. 16 and on Dec. 7.
Warrior Life Survey
Please participate in a voluntary survey.
Union reporter Kim McGill is working on a story for The Union’s sister publication, Warrior Life Magazine, investigating the history and controversy surrounding El Camino College’s various logos and mascots over the past 77 years.
As a part of the story McGill has created a survey asking the campus community what name and images best represent their values and vision for a warrior.
Please follow the links or the QR code available below to participate.
Letter From The Editor
Dia de los Muertos
Well, Halloween has come and gone.
But before we start thinking ahead towards Thanksgiving and even Christmas there is still one other holiday to get through, Dia de los Muertos or the Day of the Dead.
Celebrated between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2 in Mexico, this holiday is meant to be a period of remembrance and honor for loved ones that have died but have not been forgotten.
Popularized recently in popular media, like the Disney film Coco, the holiday is unique in that it mixes mourning for those who have passed with celebratory festivities.
Similar to an Irish wake or a New Orleans jazz funeral the point of this holiday is not to be sad when remembering those who have died, but to celebrate their lives. Food, drinks, music and flowers are typically provided in an ofrenda, or offering to the dead.
I lost someone very close to me last year and they have been on my mind recently.
This was someone who encouraged me to return to school and who always fostered my interest in reading and writing.
As I continue my journalism journey I feel a sense of sadness knowing those I’ve lost are no longer here but also a sense of joy and peace knowing they would want me to be happy and proud that I’m doing something that excites me.
For anyone who has lost someone recently, whether you celebrate the Day of the Dead or not, I hope you take some time to remember those you loved who are gone and the happiness they brought to your life.
Delfino Camacho,
Editor-In-Chief
About The Union
The Union is El Camino College’s student-run newspaper and the only local source of news for its college community. Everything published by The Union is done by student journalists. The Union is proud to present the El Camino College community with weekly newsletters delivered straight to your inbox every Thursday morning.
The Union will commit to covering stories that deliver the truth and highlight diversity, equity and inclusion on campus at El Camino College and its surrounding community in Torrance, California.
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