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The Theatre Arts Department returned from the American College Theater Festival Region 8 with several awards won by various students. ACTF was held in St. George, Utah from February 10-14.

Region 8 includes colleges and Universities from Utah, Central and Southern California, Arizona, Southern Nevada, Guam and Hawaii.

Theatre student Katie Martinez won first place for Theater Applied Arts, which includes props, hair and makeup.

The winner in her division, Allied Crafts, gets an all expense

paid trip to the United States Institute for Theater Technologies in Cincinnati, Ohio in March.

Theatre student Sebastian Fernandez was selected by ACTF judges as best actor cast from his group after being cast in one of six one act plays.

Theatre students Kat Ventress was cast in a winning devised piece, Ashley Diaz won second place in sound design and Meghan Ims shared a second place in costume design.

"Kindred," the theatre arts production from 2014, was invited to perform and compete at The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region VIII.

The play was directed by adjunct professor Rodney Scott, written by adjunct professor Dan Keleher

and designed by adjunct professor François Pierre Couture.

According to Theatre Department Chair Michael Kaznetsis, this is the first time a play from East Los Angeles College has been nominated.

"It's a long history, 50 or 60 years long, but I don't believe we had ever been nominated to go to the region," Kaznetsis said.

Theatre students Mario Soto and Christopher Solis were double cast as Alan and Clifton Smith as Joey.

The play was one of only eight shows invited to perform at the regional festival.

Out of 184 productions, 59 were chosen from the 58 colleges and universities in the region. Of the 59 shows, eight were chosen to perform in Utah.

"The importance of having not only a play nominated to travel to Utah, but also to have individual students nominated to go to Utah, or any festival location in the region eight area, is that students are able to participate with peers from other colleges," Kaznetsis said.

"They have an opportunity to see how other people are working through the same challenges."

ELAC's Theatre Department participated in various competitions such as design technology and management, criticism and playwriting.

Along with competitions, professional theater companies, colleges and universities attend the festival to audition actors, designers and technicians for academics or employment.

After two seasons of poor results, the football team’s new Head Coach Eric Marty seeks to create an elite program and a winning team for the Huskies.

Marty, a native of Seattle, Washington, assumed his post as the new football head coach at the beginning of the year.

This is the first time that the 29-year-old is appointed head coach, even though he has plenty of coaching and playing experience both in the U.S. and overseas.

Marty had the opportunity to travel to Europe where he played and coached f o o t b a l l professionally.

He coached r e c e i v e r s and was special team’s c o o r d i n a t o r for a season at Oklahoma P a n h a n d l e S t a t e University.

B e f o r e arriving at ELAC, he was an assistant coach and offensive coordinator for Moorpark College in Ventura County for two seasons.

Marty was also an assistant coach for three seasons at Meadowdale High School in Lynnwood, Washington, where he attended and played as a quarterback.

Along with Marty, arrives a new staff including Receiver Coach Danny McDonald.

McDonald, who attended

Meadowdale when Marty was an assistant coach, said that all the experience and knowledge Marty has gained from traveling and coaching has made him a professional.

“His chance to go there (Europe), kind of broadened his horizon and opened his eyes to how other people do it and how other people play football in different areas. He not only got to play there, but he also coached there and that is a great thing,” McDonald said.

Marty, who was hungry for a head coaching opportunity, said he found out about the position in an online job board.

“I saw that the head coach was released and that the job was going to be opened, so I sent my information and a cover letter to the athletic director,” Marty said.

He also sent a video where he talked about four pillars which he wants to build the football program around.

“ T h o s e pillars are recruiting, player

development, playing great football and winning games, and doing everything we can to get our players to four-year schools,” Marty said.

He said that if his coaching staff achieves these things, the football program will become special and dynamic.

BY LILIANA MARQUEZStaff Writer

BY JESUS FIGUEROAStaff Writer

BY CARDLING DEL REAL, JESUS FIGUEROA

AND STEPHANIE GARIBAYStaff Writer

East Los Angeles College officially launched a more responsive college website design on the first day of the spring 2015 semester. This new layout is the first upgrade since 2010.

ELAC’s Public Information Officer Alejandro Guzmán said that the choice to launch the site on the first day of classes was made so it would not interrupt registration for the majority of the students.

About 97 percent of students had already registered for classes and those wishing to add would have to do so in person.

Guzmán contributed to pushing the launch date to start up along with a new school semester.

Launching the site weeks before the new semester would only interupt the enrollment process.

The new layout was designed to be more responsive and accessible for users who visit the website on their mobile devices or desktop computer, adapting the website for a better experience.

The new mobile website is easier to navigate and is better than having a desktop version of the website on a mobile device.

ERIC MARTY

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Theatre students win at American College Theater festival

ELAC website receives update

Theater applied arts (including props, hair and makeup)Katie Martinez (First place)

Sound DesignAshley Diaz (Second place)

Costume designMegah Ims

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Final round of Irene Ryan ScholarshipSam Solario

ACTF best actorSebastian Fernandez

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Financial aid is a resource many community college students use to help alleviate the financial needs that come with a higher education —school supplies, books and transportation — but it’s not an easy process to receive the funds.

College students need the financial aid reimbursement money to help pay for books, meals or transportation, but with the process being slow and or troublesome, it becomes money which is prolonged to receive.

The process for applying should not be as complex year after year.

The free application for federal student aid forms are not the simplest to fill out, but once filled out the process should get easier although many students know that it doesn’t.

Even when the paperwork is filled out before the deadline the process is not over.

Many students make the deadlines, but still find that more is needed, which can take up to a month to be told to turn it in.

More forms are needed to be turned in depending on

Financial aid delays hurt students

New campus website leaves much more to be desired

The improvements to the East Los Angeles College website was mainly its layout and design.

Although the website was in desperate need of a new look, it is difficult to determine exactly what was so different from the older version of the website.

I t looks as if most of the information was copied and pasted on a new template.

Old information dating back from years ago was finally eliminated, h o w e v e r ; t h e w e b s i t e h a s n o t i m p r o v e d dramatically.

Within the first few days of its release there were reported glitches from Etudes, Moodle and ACE Portal links.

When comparing other Los Angeles Community College District websites, it is clear that our website slightly differs from the rest.

There is a certain format that the other campuses follow that doesn’t make the site seem as hectic.

For example, when hovering

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over the link for ‘Current Students,’ whichever link is chosen, there is double information in which the sidebar and the body of the page say the same thing.

On the LACCD sites, when looking at the same ‘Current Students’ link, its pages do not seem so overwhelming with information.

It was obvious community colleges in the district had a common difficulty when trying to locate the Student Information System.

When you look at a university’s website, there are almost always l i n k s a m o n g the top of the page that direct students to the SIS.

Students on our website will find it confusing to locate which

link directs to the SIS.Some of the changes that should

be made include a more obvious link to the Student Information System. There should also be more maintenance of the site so in the future it wont have or need such an extreme update.

It was a problem to locate the SIS before the new update. In fact it is difficult to locate it at any other LAACD website.

A new student who read the, ‘Register for Class’ link would not realize that the link leads you to the SIS.

Community colleges such as Pasadena City College and Santa Monica College actually have a direct link to their SIS, similar to the universities.

And of course, there were complaints that certain links, like those directing to Moodle and Etudes, were not working but they eventually worked by the first few days of school.

With the changing of the site, it is expected not to work the way it once did as well as having a few minor technical difficulties.

Something that stood out in particular was the delayed update for events.

The events are right in the middle of the page and should have been updated before the start of the semester.

Despite the website being difficult to maneuver, the update of the website is promising.

Surely there are more changes to be made but there is definitely room for improvement.

Some of those changes should include a more obvious link to our Student Information System as well as better maintenance of the site so in the future it won’t have or need such an extreme update.

JESUS FIGUEROAStaff Writer

Some of the changes that should be made

include a more obvious link to our Student

Information System.

students’ individual situations. Many times students do not get notified until about a

week before the first financial aid payment is going out. After these forms are turned in it can take two to three

weeks for them to be processed, or like the fall 2014 semester, six to eight weeks.

All this time waiting for financial aid impedes a student from getting books on time.

The financial aid money I was supposed to receive for fall 2014 just got deposited to my account in the second week of spring 2015.

The wait for financial help to get books for some may cause them to feel a much heavier burden or a larger amount of stress. More and more restrictions and obstacles are being put in to stop the process from going smoothly.

If there are more regulations coming from the state to prevent financial aid fraud, then more staff needs to be hired so that students who need the financial aid money to continue with their education can receive the help they need.

School can be stressful and many students also work to get ahead. The student success initiative is there so students can get the help they need to succeed in their college career and in doing so, getting a good job afterward.

The failure of the school to help alleviate the stress of a low-income student continues semester after semester. More hindering regulations make the process stretched out more than needed.

While some students can get loans or borrow money, many others rely on financial aid solely to make it through the semester.

Some students share books to save on money. Some borrow books from friends who have taken the class or go read textbooks at the library but are not always given the time to adequately study for a test.

Students need their books to fully be able to study, to learn and to excel in their classes.

Having books for hours at a time, instead of permanently at the their disposal keeps students from truly succeeding in whatever subject they choose to pursue.

There are some students who struggle throughout an entire course without a book.

Those students can possibly pass a class, but they may not actually learn anything from it.

Student success does fall on the student, but there are programs in place to help the students who need it.

While state officials make it increasingly more difficult for students to find their interest, East Los Angeles College makes it stressful for students with financial needs.

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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department held a town hall meeting on Feb. 18 to discuss how satisfied everyone on campus is with their service.

The Community Oriented Policing survey conducted from November 10-January 9 received a total of 1,389 responses from students, faculty and staff.

The Community College Bureau Captain Cheryl Newman-Tarwater said the campus-wide survey aimed at figuring out whether or not everyone is satisfied with the Sheriff Department’s service and how safe people feel on campus.

The results show that the majority of everyone who took the survey feel quite safe. Only five percent feel slightly safe and four percent don’t feel safe at all.

Most of the people who took the survey feel quite safe on the East Los Angeles College campus.

Crime in ELAC stayed relatively low in 2014 compared to 2013.

There were zero homicides and rapes in both 2013 and 2014.

The only numbers ELAC saw in increase were in aggravated assaults, vehicle burglary, and grand theft auto.

“One crime is too many, but considering the size of this campus the numbers are relatively low,” Newman-Tarwater said.

Crime at ELAC went down 19 percent in 2014.

The majority of people voted that their primary concern with criminal activity on campus is thefts.

One of the main theft issues the sheriff’s department deals with on campus is bike theft.

Of all the colleges in the LACCD, LA Trade Tech has the highest number of bike theft. ELAC comes in second.

“The best locks you could get are the U-locks. Out of all the bike theft we’ve seen since I’ve been here, only one of them had the U-lock on it,” Newman-Tarwater said.

Although the Sheriff’s department deals with many issues, the number one issue people on campus want to see solved, according to the survey, is traffic.

“We hire extra personnel for the first week of school since it’s the busiest. We do the best we can, but we probably do need to work on it a little more,” Team Leader Bill Dunkin said.

Some people addressed their concerns with how much the sheriff’s are actually involved in trying to fix the traffic problem.

“I always see sheriffs and Monterey Park PD giving tickets to students, but when you actually need them they’re not there,” Staff member at East Los Angeles College Anna Salazar said.

“We are going to have to make sure that the Monterey Park PD is on board with us,” Lieutenant M. Mitchell said.

“Officer Silverman, the motorcycle officer you see around campus, and I will be working on a plan to fix the traffic issue,” Dunkin said.

Some students addressed their concern with how long cadets and sheriffs take to respond to a call. Some have even experienced waiting longer than 20 minutes.

One of the reasons why it might take so long for them to respond

to a call, according to Captain Newman-Tarwater is because deputies, security officers and sheriffs all have different roles.

“Cadets are student workers. Security officers are the eyes and ears for the campus. Some things they could do, but for other things you really want a deputy there,” Newman-Tarwater said.

Other issues addressed in the COP survey include concerns with nuisance activity on campus. Smoking was the primary concern for 32.48 percent who voted, 21.23 percent said classroom disruptions, 19.67 percent said transients/ non-students roaming around campus, 10.43 percent said gangs and 4.12 percent said narcotics.

The survey results also revealed that the majority of those who took the survey, 46.90 percent, are satisfied with the services provided by the sheriff’s department.

“I advise all students to keep the sheriff’s departments’ phone number on speed dial in case anything happens or use the emergency blue phones all around campus. Of course in an emergency dial 911,” Lieutenant Mitchell said.

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About 30 percent access the site through a cell phone, 64 percent are on a desktop and 6 percent are using a tablet.

Although the re-design is done, Guzmán said the website will be constantly worked on so it can be more convenient for the user’s experience. He said the change in the website is a step in the right direction. The website will be adapted as new technology is released.

The next step will be to improve user interface and make it easier for the user to find what they are looking for in one or two steps.

Guzmán said ELAC’s web designers want to make use of the technology available to better manage the content on the website.

Guzmán decided to push the launch date for two other reasons as well. The new website now has an “Events” and “News” section on the homepage.

The website was also designed to give students the most up-to-date information.

“We don’t want it to be a place where there’s content that has been on there for more than 10 years. That’s the old way of doing things, that’s not good enough for ELAC,” Guzmán said.

The website user will now have live content and interactive information when clicking a news link, whereas the old link directed the user to a PDF styled news document.

Since students won’t be looking at a PDF, they’ll also be able to get

more information on what they are looking for. It will be possible to add interactive elements, such as links or videos, to provide more information and make things clearer.

Now that the re-design is done, the focus will be on training the departments and programs to give them the right tools to learn to

access these new features and update their information, such as upcoming events, and possible a c h i e v e m e n t s whenever they would like.

These new features allow those who visit the website to be informed about the things happening on campus.

Guzmán said the goal is to improve the user’s overall experience, whether they are on a smartphone, a tablet or a desktop computer.

The most important part of award-winning websites, like The University of Notre Dame, is that their faculty is able to easily login, update the website and keep students up to date on the news and events on the campus.

ELAC’s web designers aim to do this for their website as well.

“We don’t even look at other community colleges’ websites and say ‘Oh we want to be like them.’ We want to take advantage of the best technology out there,” Guzmán said.

Those who visit the website will also have social media share ability for both news stories and events taking place at ELAC, whether it be through Facebook, Twitter, email or any other major social media platform.

“We don’t even look at other community

college’s websites and say ‘oh we want to be like

them’ we want to take advantage

of the best technology out

there.”

ALEJANDRO GUZMÁNPublic Information Officer

Website: ELAC website gets update

STATISTICS

*The following information is from the Community Oriented Policing survey conducted by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Survey respondents were not required to answer every survey question.

NARCOTICS (4%)

GANGS (10%)

TRANSIENTS/NON-STUDENTS ROAMING CAMPUS (20%)

CLASSROOM DISRUPTIONS (21%)

SMOKING (32%)

Nuisance activity on campus:

QUITE SAFE (44%)

EXTREMELY SAFE (20%)

MODERATELY SAFE (26%)

SLIGHTLY SAFE (5%)

NOT SAFE (4%)

How safe do you feel on campus?Number of responses from students, faculty and staff: 1,389

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FIESTA—Writer Josefina Lopez presents her original play “Piñata Dreams” to a full house at Casa 0101’s main stage on Dec. 14 in Los Angeles.

Casa 0101 celebrates 15 year anniversaryBY JESUS FIGUEROA

Staff Writer

“My vision for the future is that we have nurtured enough Latina/o writers

that a new theatrical literature exists because

of us.”

JOSEPHINA LOPEZCasa 0101 Founder

Former East Los Angeles College student Josefina Lopez prides herself in bringing theater productions to the community she grew up in.

Casa 0101 is a theater in East Los Angeles. It was founded by Lopez and is run by several volunteers.

"My vision for the future is that we have nurtured enough Latina/o writers [and] that a new Theatrical literature exists because of us," Lopez said.

From a humble start as a small black box theater to the larger state-of-the-art theatre, Casa 0101 brings stories of Latinos in the US to the stage.

Casa 0101 now has a small paid staff but is still run by mainly volunteers.

The plays put on at Casa 0101 bring a sense of awareness to the culture of East LA.

" A s f a r a s theater, I would l i k e m a n y o f ou r p l ays t o d r a m a t i z e the his torical i n j u s t i c e s t o t h e L a t i n o community here in the U.S., as w e l l a s t h e con t r ibu t ions of Latinos to the U.S. left out of our history books. I want to tell and train writers to help tell all the stories not being told about us," Lopez said.

Lopez looks to bring a voice to the people who are silenced by disability and are looked over.

"I want to mentor others to open other art and theater spaces on First St., so we can have a theater row," Lopez said.

The productions at Casa 0101

are already being translated for American Sign Language and include Spanish dialogue.

The efforts of including other languages is to help more people receive the message of her plays, that way the entire community can be involved.

"Right now we have a donor who is also the founder of Theater for Everyone, “Teatro Para Todos,” who is paying for it as our attempt to start a theater for the Deaf and a theater in Spanish," Lopez said.

The vision she has, includes bringing more of the community together.

Also, Lopez would like to be able to educate people so they can tell their stories in hopes that one day as many Latino stories as possible can be seen and heard

The mainstream society looks over the Latino community and only recently an emergence of Hispanic TV shows, movies and

actors have come to the American TV and movie scene.

T h e r e a r e more people that Lopez looks to include in her vision for the future of theater in East LA.

" I h a d a writing student share with me how difficult it is to live in three

worlds - Mexican, American and the deaf community world. I began to see how this community is voiceless in every way and we need to include them in our storytelling and mission,” Lopez said.

She also hopes that they find the funding to do an ASL interpretation version of every production.

Casa 0101 is a stage for play production, but the staff also offers

courses to the community, which help train people to write, act in and produce plays.

Many theater students from ELAC have gone to Casa 0101 to get ‘real-world experience’ while working on a stage production.

The group encourages students from ELAC to participate.

“We need students from ELAC and are very appreciative of their

contribution to our theater. I am happy that we have students from ELAC here because I went to ELAC years ago as an undergraduate and know what it's like to be a young student hungry for experience in a real theater," Lopez said.

"There are internships for students, but they must be mature and a leader to self guide. We are a tiny staff of mostly volunteers,

so we need all the help we can get. However, (the website) also needs volunteers who take initiative, rather than wait to always be told what to do."

All the work and dedication Lopez puts into Casa 0101 makes her a strong leader in the community.

She recieved national recognition when her play, "Real Women have Curves," was produced into a

major motion picture, starring America Ferrera.

With other theater companies having stages in downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood and West LA, Casa 0101 is the only major play producing stage in East LA.

"It has always been my mission to do theater in my community. I've never aspired to have a theater anywhere else,” Lopez said.

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For ELAC Athletic Director Al Cone, one of the reasons Marty was appointed football head coach was because of the interview he gave and the confidence he showed.

“His interview was phenomenal. He’s intelligent, aggressive and has desire. By looking at his demeanor, he is extremely confident and shows it without being arrogant. He is going to be successful,” Cone said.

M a r t y s a i d h i s b i g g e s t challenge will be the recruiting process.

“At the end of the day you have to have talented athletes, so how well we do in recruiting is always going t o d e t e r m i n e whether or not we can build the elite program that we want have,” Marty said.

According to Cone, Marty’s biggest challenge will be getting familiar with the community and understanding how things work at this particular college.

For Cone, having a young football coaching staff is something that will help the team and will add more

enthusiasm on and off the field.“I believe that the age is irrelevant

if these people have a great football background,” Cone said.

Marty is aware of the issues that the Huskies have been facing over the last two seasons, and along with his coaching staff, he is already working hard to improve the team's statistics and performance for the upcoming season.

McDonald believes Marty's experience will bring victories to the Huskies, among other things.

“ M o s t importantly, his knowledge is going to bring an educa t ion to these kids. This will give them the chance to get out and go to a four-year school ,” McDonald said.

“I think the main thing that this school and program are going to benefit from coach Marty's experience, is that we are going to see a lot more guys, get better grades.”

Marty, who played a variety of sports while growing up, decided to only play football and soccer during high school.

“I ended up playing my junior year as starting quarterback and I

fell in love with playing football and decided that it was going to be my main focus.”

Marty said that when he was finishing high school, he had better athletic opportunities as a soccer player, but at the same time, he knew he wanted to be a football coach. He realized in order to do so, he needed to play college football.

After Marty graduated high school, he attended Chapman University where he was the starting quarterback for three seasons.

Once he finished college, he thought he would be coaching right away.

“I was very fortunate to have been offered a contract in Italy playing professionally in the Italian Football League,” Marty said.

He went to play for the Italian football team Bolzano Giants American Football Team that ended as the Italian champion for that season (2009) after having defeated Marines Lazio, 35-21, in the Italian Super Bowl.

This was the first and only time that Bolzano has won the Italian Super Bowl.

Since football season in Europe is played in the spring, Marty had the chance to come back to the U.S. to be an assistant coach at his former high school during fall and winter. This is where his coaching career began.

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Marty said his biggest challenge will be the recruiting process.

HELPING OUT—Newly appointed Head Coach Eric Marty conducts drills with the football players as they practice at the Weingart Stadium Tuesday night.

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The cast and crew of the film “Ana Maria in Novela Land” will be at a special event at the Proscenium Theater on Feb. 26 from 11 a.m. to noon.

Writer and director Georgina Garcia Riedel, novela star Michael Steger and comedian Luis Guzman will be participating in a Q&A to talk about their roles in the making of “Ana Maria in Novela Land” to theater students.

The film tells the story of 24-year old Ana Maria, played by Edy Ganem, who is obsessed with the novela “Pasion sin Limite” (Limitless passion).

Ana Maria is obsessed with the novela and wishes her life to be more like the lead character. after an unexplained accident, Ana Maria wakes up as lead character in the novela.

She has to deal with the novela’s love triangle between Armando, played by Steger, Armando’s father Eduardo, played by Juan Pablo Gamboa, who she is engaged to.

The novela’s villain Licenciado Schmidt, played by Guzman, adds more conflict as he becomes more involved with the trouble that Ana Maria gets into.

As the novela comes to its dramatic finale, Ana Maria has to find a way to get back to her real life or possibly disappear from existence once the novela is over.

The film opens in limited release on Feb. 27 in Los Angeles, New York and Miami.Previous writing experience for Garcia includes “Pulling Strings” released in 2013 and

became an award-winning director for her first feature film “How the Garcia sisters spent their summer.”

Steger is best known for his role in the recent remake of the TV show 90210 as well as guest roles on “True Blood,” “Covert Affairs” and “Criminal Minds.”

Guzman is a well-known actor with films such as “Out of Sight,” “Magnolia” and “Boogie Nights.” On TV he had a recurring role on HBO’s “Oz,” and appearances on “Law and Order,” “NYPD Blue” and “Walker, Texas Ranger.”

Located on the edge of Old Town Pasadena, The Home Brewed Bar offers a refreshing approach to a couple of timeless classics, coffee and tea.

The beans and leaves are brewed for twenty hours resulting in a creamy, less acidic taste . The unique brewing process itself creates quality drinks providing an ultimate display of craftsmanship.

Upon entering the small hole in the wall space located on Arroyo Parkway, customers are greeted by friendly staff that usually consists of no more than two people at a time.

Despite having a short staff, drinks are served promptly and made to perfection.

The barista in charge of preparing the drinks hands customers the finished product and even tells them to taste the drink to make sure the sweetness or non sweetness is to the customer’s liking.

The transaction ends with a “welcome home,” a signature touch

to customer service. The menu has a wide variety of

options to chose from.Home brews are the house

specialty which include milk teas and house iced cold brew. Prices range from $3.50 to $5 depending on the size and if any add ins are included.

Also on the menu are world brews which include chai iced milk tea, taro milk tea and Vietnamese coffee, ranging from $3.50-$5.

One thing that makes Home Brewed more interesting is the option to customize a drink to the customer’s liking.

Each visit will have customers trying different variations of coffee and teas.

Some add-in options include mini boba, aloe Vera and red bean. Also available are different flavorings such as honey dew, salted caramel and coconut.

Unlike chain cafes such as Starbucks, Home Brewed offers a list of milk alternatives for those who cannot consume dairy or have allergies to nuts. Such substitutes include hemp milk, a lmond

Actors come to speak to theatre students

East Los Angeles College’s theatre department’s winter session production of “Angels and Demons” brought to the stage four distinct productions with a focus on one theme which thrilled the audience.

The theme of “Angels and Demons,” which titled the night’s performances, dealt with inner struggles as well as the devil.

Four student directors brought four d i ffe ren t p lays to the Proscenium Theater.

The two actors play “The Devil and Billy Markham” directed by Miguel Delgado captured the audience’s attention with melodious spoken words.

The Devil, played by Andrea Tinoco, moves around the stage assertively while reciting her lines rhythmically with Billy Markham, played by Lupe Contreras.

Tinoco and Contreras contrasted well as they shared the stage. They were both able to deliver a good portrayal of their character and step

outside their roles to be storytellers as well.

Tinoco displayed strong emotions making her character feel chaotic.

Contreras stayed calm and kept her composure giving the impression of being in control through the play.

The lighting by stage manager Marlene Grajeda helped center the action and keep the audience focused.

The lights added to the whimsical nature of the play giving each character their spotlight.

The bizarre yet impactful opening play “4.48 Psychosis,” directed by Ashley Diaz, showed the inner thoughts of four mental patients.

The four actors are never given names, yet they are distinguished by the actions they take and the way they voice their anguish.

Marissa L. Ruiz stood out saturating her performance with intensity.

Tim Valdovino stood out not just as the only male but with a steady performance.

Angelene Storey used her powerful vocals to bring a sense

of importance to her character Kristina Moore moved around the stage fiercely and swiftly delivered her lines.

The play was loud and sporadic. It commented on the use of pills to treat mental illness.

“The Mistakes Madeline Made” directed by Fredo Jaiden Cervantes was one of the longest productions of the night, but included some light hearted comedy.

Student director David C. Hernandez took on a large cast for the short play “The Devil and Daniel Webster.”

The play tells about a deal with the devil and the devil coming to collect his prize.

The play was entertaining and included two original songs, “Fiddler and Board” and “Scratch’s Song,” composed by Priscilla Buelna.

The production was fascinating and brought talented directors and actors to the stage with magnificent plays which had audiences intrigued.

Professor Kelley Hogan advised the directors and actors and also helped organize the nights.

Student directors run the night

In the

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BY JESUS FIGUEROAStaff Writer

LOOKING TO THE HEAVEN—The Devil, played by Andrea Tinoco, and Billy Marham, played by Lupe Contreras, rehearse a scene from “The Devil and Billy Markham” on Jan. 30 at the Proscenium Theater.

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BY MEGAN G. RAZZETTIStaff Writer

TASTY BREW—The Home Brewed Bar in Pasadena gives coffee lovers and tea lovers unique options to customize their drinks.

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Home Brewed Bar offers special blendand house milk.

House milk is a non-dairy milk creation which has a light sweet taste of brown sugar.

Home Brewed also has a small variety of fresh baked goods from Homeboy Bakery located in downtown Los Angeles.

The chocolate chip cookie for $2.50 is the size of a small child’s face and incredibly delicious alongside a coffee.

The only downside is there is no restroom for customers. They either go to King Taco located next door or elsewhere.

It is rather difficult to find parking. However, it is a few steps away from the Memorial Park gold line station, which is convenient for those who take public transportation.

T h e c o n c e p t o f t h e b a r incorporates the grassroots culture of collaborative brewing and shares the diverse styles of tea and coffee from other parts of the world.

The Home Brewed Bar is located at 39 North Arroyo Parkway and open Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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The men’s and women’s track and field teams have recently won numerous times receiving both individual and team awards since 2008.

The Huskies have recorded top-10 community college results in the nation (1), the state (5), Southern California (5) and in the South Coast Conference (17).

The teams competed in the Mt. San Antonio College Opener on Feb. 6, the Mt. SAC Combined Events Challenge Feb. 19-20 and the Cross Town Relays Field Events at Cerritos College on Feb. 21.

“We’ve had a good start to the season. Laura (Aceves) is in good shape and is determined to defend her (3,000-meter) steeplechase and 10,000-meter state titles,” East Los Angeles College Head Coach Louis Ramirez said.

“Freshmen Ramiro Arreola and Kaniya Bawlson have first place wins against top statewide competition,” Ramirez said.

Arreola won first place in the men’s shot put at both the Mt. SAC Opener and the Cross Town Relays and Field Events.

“This is quite a feat because we do not have training facilities for our throwers on campus,” ELAC Assistant Coach Ernesto Zuniga said.

“We have put in a budget request to train at a local high school, but this will not help the ELAC throwers if it is approved late in the season,” Zuniga said.

ELAC has lost top throwers this and past years to other colleges who have throwing facilities, including Mt. SAC and Cerritos.

“I improved in throwing events about 10 meters (32.8 feet) in one semester at Cal State Los Angeles with access to training facilities,” Jessica Herrera, a member of last year’s ELAC team said.

Accord ing to Zun iga , he understood Herrera’s potential and encouraged her to continue

competing while earning a degree at Cal State LA.

Arreola had the ninth-farthest shot put in the state two weeks ago.

“I am not able to throw in the shot put ring until I am in a meet. This throws off my timing,” Arreola said. “With access to training in a ring, I know I can throw over (50 feet) and want to have the equipment to be able to get better.

Other top-10 statewide results

came from All-American and two-time defending state champion and sophomore Laura Aceves who ran fastest time in the nation in the 3,000-meter run at the Mt. SAC Opener.

In just three weeks Bawlson has three top-10 state results in the high jump (2nd), the long jump (8th) and the 100-meter dash (9th).

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LOOKING AHEAD—East Los Angeles College sophomore Laura Aceves runs the 1,600 portion of the women’s 4,000-meter distance medley at the Mt. San Antonio College Cross Town Relays Feb. 20.

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I competed,” Bawlson said. “I am excited to learn from the ELAC coaches and continue to improve.”

ELAC has also recorded five top-10 results in Southern California from freshman Emily Ruiz in the steeplechase (2nd in SoCal), and Bawlson who competed in her first-ever heptathlon event (2nd).

The Huskies compete at the Cerritos College Invitational on Saturday all day.

Swim & Dive

The swim & dive team, placed sixth out of 15 competing schools in the 30th Annual Mt. San Antonio College Swimming and Diving Invitational.

Sophomore teammates Alice Fei Zhang and Wenning Shen combined for 150 points out of the possible 312. As a team they scored 126 rally points, best since East Los Angeles College brought swimming back in 2012.

Shen recorded 46 points, placing first in the 100-yard backstroke and second place in the 50-yard back. Zhang totaled 146 points placing first in the 200-yard breaststroke, both second in the 100-yard butterfly and 1,650 freestyle.

Men’s Basketball

In the final South Coast Conference North Division game of the season, the Huskies (17-10, 5-3) men’s basketball team defeated Los Angeles Trade Tech College (5-22, 0-8), 84-77.

Freshman forward Marquis Salmon led all scores with 21 points and added eight rebounds.

They will begin the 2015 CCCAA Men’s Basketball Southern California Regional Playoff tonight at 7 p.m. in the men’s gym against Victor Valley College (17-4).

Women’s basketball

In its last game of the regular season, the women’s basketball team defeated Los Angeles Trade Tech College, 89-79 on Feb. 18.

East Los Angeles College has received the No. 2-seed in the 2015 CCCAA Southern Regional woman’s basketball playoff and is No.3 ranked team in the state.

Sophomore forward Jocelyne Diaz recorded a team high 20 points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots.

The Huskies will start their playoff journey on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the men’s gym against the winner of the San Bernardino and Antelope Valley college game.