Faculty reflect on 2020 election results as technology brings students, friends and families closer together in age of physical distance
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NEWS
California voters approve ‘greater societal change’ with passage of Proposition 17
As Proposition 17 passed with 58.6% of votes on the November ballot, FIRST (Formerly Incarcerated Re-Entry Students Thriving), student success program at El Camino College weighs in what this means for the students they serve. Read more.
El Camino College stakeholders hope for professional discourse after contentious trustees election
By: Molly Cochran
As new governing members on the Board of Trustees begin preparing for their first meeting, faculty and current Board members hope that the polarization of national politics won’t infiltrate local politics. Read more.
OPINION
A letter from 7,240 miles away
Being a student during a pandemic is hard enough without having to do it on another continent. This semester, after making the difficult decision to go home and support my family, distance learning has given me a new sense of the campus community. Read more.
Even staff can be affected by scam emails
Throughout this semester at El Camino College, students have faced an assortment of email phishing scams which has caused great concern across the campus community. But, what happens to students can happen to anyone, including faculty. Read more.
FEATURES
Dancer thrives despite COVID-19 pandemic
By: Rachel Maldonado
Jana Lipowski, student at ECC is taking a leap forward in her acting career. She shares her experience about the two cheerleading movies she acted in and how dance classes she took have helped her in achieving her dreams. Read more.
LIFESTYLE
Free drive-in movie for prospective ECC students
El Camino will be hosting a drive-in movie night at the Roadium Open Air Market and Drive-In for potential incoming students. They will be screening the movie "Black Panther" at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 20. Read more.
Video games that students are playing this fall
By: Oscar Macias
Last semester, The Union asked students what video games they were playing during the start of quarantine. With new games coming out and gaining popularity as the pandemic continues, The Union once again reached out to students to see which games were trending during the fall 2020 season. Read more.
HEALTH
Staying safe from COVID-19 during the holiday season
By: Estrella Ramos
With holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas approaching, public events and visiting loved ones in person have been limited due to COVID-19. But there are still ways to connect and celebrate the holidays as safely as possible. Read more.
Quarantunes: A playlist delivered to you every two weeks
The times are tough. You might feel unproductive being stuck at home. You might miss your family or friends. We’re all being impacted by the coronavirus in different ways. To cheer you up, we will be curating a new playlist every two weeks just for you.
This week, our playlist is called “Celebration Time” in the spirit of election season finally coming to an end. Here’s to whatever happens next! Give it a listen here or click the button below.
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A little bit 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. Whether it’s pulling an all-nighter to write human interest stories or push everything aside in order to deliver breaking news, our entire staff works incredibly hard to keep the El Camino community informed.
With the impacts of the coronavirus far-reaching, The Union has expanded its scope of coverage to include countless communities where El Camino College’s students, professors, employees and community members live. This includes more coverage on coronavirus and its impacts on cities including Gardena, Hawthorne, Torrance, Inglewood, Carson, Lawndale, Manhattan Beach, and Redondo Beach.
If you have any comments or questions about this issue of The Union’s newsletter or any of the stories you’ve read, please contact our Editor-in-Chief Molly Cochran by emailing her at molly_cochran@elcamino.edu. If you feel satisfied with what you read today, let us know by sharing this newsletter and tagging us on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.