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NEWS
El Camino hosts College Night on campus
By: Kevin Marquez
College Night hosted many community members on El Camino College's campus, Nov. 10. There was a resource fair, catering, and other services offered to attendees. Read more.
Efforts towards equity will make the Dean’s List more achievable
By: Elizabeth Basile
The El Camino College Council decided to put their changes to the Dean's List requirements before the Board of Trustees as an informational item. These changes will make a wider range of students eligible for this academic achievement. Read more.
Air purification contract amended pending further research
By: Khoury Williams
The El Camino College Board of Trustees have amended their current contract order for air purification units, pending further research and investigation during their Nov. 15 meeting. The Board cites cost factors and various COVID-19 preventative measures enacted on campus as reasonings for their decision. Read more.
EDITORIAL
El Camino College, it’s time to talk
By: Editorial Board
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been instances where El Camino faculty and other members did not response to reporter requests and tried controlling what sources could or could not be reached out to. The Union wants this editorial to be a learning experience and an open invitation on how to better communicate between the publication and ECC. Read more.
HEALTH
El Camino College booster shots are available
El Camino College has been administering vaccine shots for a while. Now with the delta variant becoming a common reason as to infections, booster shots are now being offered at El Camino. Read more.
OPINION
From Guatemala to the U.S.: Life as an International Student
As an international student, there are many challenges you encounter but there's amazing things too like the possibility to receive goof higher education. This is the story of how Isabella perused a better future outside of her home country. Read more.
FEATURES
Persisting as women in the STEM fields
By: Maureen Linzaga
Although small in size, the number of women who pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields at El Camino College such as Yue Que continue to pursue their educational goals. Despite the impacts of COVID-19, women in STEM are supported with the help of Women in Technology (WIT) and Society of Women Engineers (SWE) clubs on campus. Read more.
PHOTOS
ECC men’s soccer team team seeded at No. 3 after a 2-0 win against Cerritos
By: Shawn Rodriguez
The El Camino College’s men’s soccer team won 2-0 against Cerritos and earned a 2-0 victory over LA City College. Warriors remain No.3 seed in the CCCAA Southern California Regionals. Read more.
Quarantunes: A playlist delivered to you every two weeks
Times can be tough right now, and so many of us are just hoping to push through what seems like it may be home-stretch in this pandemic. 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 Talk to Us, related to the Editorial shown above! In order to have better relationships with one another, we need to communicate and talk to one another, so here is playlist showing this message of talking! Give it a listen here or click below:
Has COVID-19 impacted you? Let us know!
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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. Despite barriers to reporting created by COVID-19 and other forces, 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. As the campus remains closed, we remain publishing to deliver local news to the people of ECC.
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 Nicholas Broadhead by emailing his email at nicholas_broadhead@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.