Golf class returns to El Camino
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NEWS
Golf class returns to El Camino
El Camino College has a golf class again after a seven-year hiatus. The athletics department opened the course for the 2024 spring semester after the Board of Trustees ratified an agreement with the Alondra Park Golf Course. Students enrolled in the class can play at the golf course for a discount. Read more.
Signature gatherers continue to ask for students’ information
Petitioners are still walking around the El Camino College campus asking students for their personal information. Students had mixed reactions to the petitioners who approach them without being fully transparent where their information will be going. Read more.
Cherry Blossom Festival to celebrate Japanese culture, life and legacies of former faculty members
The 24th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival, hosted by the Social Justice Center at the Student Services Plaza, will celebrate the contributions made by former employees of El Camino College on Tuesday, April 2 from noon to 1 p.m. The annual festival celebrates the life and contributions of Nadine Ishitani Hata, former vice president of academic affairs at El Camino and will include a taiko or drum performance by Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko LA, haiku reading by students and complimentary Japanese snacks. Read more.
Acts of vandalism and theft reported in various places on campus
Learn of cases of vandalism and theft across the El Camino College campus that were part of a total of 12 crimes reported since the last Police Beat update on March 6. Read more.
SPORTS
Warriors Baseball team breezes past Long Beach City Vikings
The El Camino College Baseball team won 6-2 in its first of three matchups in the series against the Long Beach City College Vikings, due to a hot-hitting fifth inning that propelled the Warriors on top at Warrior Field on Tuesday, March 19. The Warriors dropped the next two games against the Vikings, losing the series. Read more.
Warriors’ back-to-back home runs lead to dominant win over the Panthers
Back-to-back home runs to start the game from Cheyenne Navarro and Emma Garcia led the Warriors Softball team to a dominant win over Chaffey College on Wednesday, March 20, at the ECC Softball Field. The Warriors are 15-9 on the season. Read more.
Mt. SAC Women’s Beach Volleyball team edges out El Camino in narrow conference win
By Ethan Cohen
Battling for second place in the conference, the El Camino College Beach Volleyball team went down to the wire with the Mt. SAC Mounties at the ECC Sand Courts on Friday, March 22. The Mounties edged out the Warriors 3-2 to take the match and improve to 15-2 on the season while the Warriors move to 9-6. Read more.
Women’s cross-country runner negates nerves and goes for gold
Ami Jacobson, a dedicated cross-country runner, overcomes nerves to secure a fourth-place finish in the state championship, setting a new personal record. With unwavering support from her coach and teammates, Jacobson's hard work and determination propelled her to success. Read more.
ARTS & FEATURES
3, 2, 1, blast off: Space science day takes off at El Camino College, honors astronaut’s legacy
El Camino celebrated its annual Onizuka Space Science Day on Saturday, March 16, honoring Ellison Onizuka, an astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion in 1986. El Camino STEM students took the lead during the event, teaching attendees how to make slime, extract DNA from strawberries, battle robots and more. Read more.
Native American drum circle echoes rhythm of unity, peace and harmony
By Tina Talley
Rhythms were heard near the El Camino College Art Gallery on Tuesday, March 19, honoring Native American tradition and welcoming the spring equinox. Members of Native American heritage participating in the circle said the largest drum, the “Grandmother Drum,” represents “the heartbeat” of Mother Earth. Read more.
OPINION
Sometimes we come back to El Camino College
Reporter Joseph Ramirez writes about his struggles in finding a job in the film industry and how he decided to return to El Camino to pursue a major in journalism. The illustration is by Jeremiah Dela Cruz. Read more.
EDITORIAL
Who can the El Camino community call for complaints, suggestions?
El Camino College needs a better way for students to contact the administration when they have questions or concerns.
It needs to be centralized, easy to find and painless to use.
Read our second editorial of the spring semester on how challenging it is for the El Camino College community, particularly students, to make their voices heard on campus. The illustration is by Angel Flores. Read more.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
El Camino College golf class instructor Kirsten Green poses for a practice swing during her Tuesday, March 26 class which is held not on campus but at the nearby Alondra Park Golf Course.
The Union’s second issue is available online and in print.
The second print issue of the spring 2024 semester is available on news racks around the El Camino College campus.
Read the digital version of our newspaper here and look out for the upcoming issues this semester on the following dates:
• April 25
• May 9 and 30
Letter From The Editor
Hello, again El Camino College community. Do you like our little front page redesign? Is it your cup of tee?
See what I did there? I’ve been looking at golf puns and just had to use one. Or two. I apologize.
Please get a copy of the newspaper today. It’s our favorite, so far. It’s our last hurrah for Women’s History Month.
Speaking of women, I submitted a poem in my poetry class that I had to write while in an Uber to interview a source for the golf story. May I share it with you?
Nanay
They said you were taken
from a man's rib.
Bone of his bones.
Flesh of his flesh.
But you are heart
that gives and breaks
without a sound,
not even a whimper.
You are eyes
that comfort
or freeze
with a look,
that see
and shed quiet tears.
You are arms
that reach
across a continent.
Adam needed a helper,
you hold up the whole sky.That’s all. You’re the best, by par. (I said two!)
Again, thank you for supporting The Union.
Sincerely,
Ma. Gisela Ordenes
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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