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By Joseph Ramirez + 2 others for ECC Union - 7 min read
Parking permit fee increases being considered at El Camino
El Camino College brought back parking permits and fees for students in fall 2024 and is now considering additional changes, including increasing prices and upgrading its permit machines. While students currently pay $20 for semester parking permits, they are much cheaper when compared to other community colleges in the state. Currently the maximum amount students can be charged for semester...
By Joseph Ramirez + 1 other for ECC Union - 7 min read
Unlocking the door to El Camino: How this campus locksmith found the key to his career
At El Camino College, there are 3,500 doors, which means many locks and key pads. Sometimes people lose their keys and sometimes doors just won't open. All those responsibilities are taken care of by one man: Roy Dietz. A strong, stocky man raised in the city of Hawthorne, wearing his signature cowboy hat, sunglasses, El Camino employee shirt and bearing...
By Joseph Ramirez + 1 other for ECC Union - 5 min read
Bonding through blood: How an unlikely match helped me save a cancer patient's life
Arriving in an operating room full of doctors, laying on an operating table, I was preparing to get my pelvic bones pierced by sharp needles. My bone marrow was about to get sucked out. I was very nervous but that went away as soon as a sleeping gas mask was placed over my face. I ended up in this situation...
By Joseph Ramirez + 1 other for ECC Union - 5 min read
Feeling festive? Deck the halls with these 9 holiday movies
Home Alone. The Grinch. The Polar Express. The holidays can hardly be celebrated without watching one of these classics. In light of the upcoming season, Warrior Life surveyed the campus community to find the best holiday films. Here are the campus' top nine favorites and where to stream them.1. Home Alone (1990)This Christmas comedy about a young boy accidentally left...
By Joseph Ramirez + 3 others for ECC Union - 4 min read
Building a home at El Camino: Architecture professor, alum shares his journey
When Dan Richardson enrolled at El Camino College in the 1960s, he did not expect to become a full-time professor at the college decades later. “I never thought I was going to become a full-time instructor,” Richardson, 73, associate professor of architecture and environmental technology, said. Richardson's interest in architecture began at nine years old. “My father was a fireman...
By Joseph Ramirez + 4 others for ECC Union - 3 min read
Painting stress away: Amid final exams, students relax through art
As students wrap up the semester and prepare for final exams, there are different ways to cope with stress that may be heightened during this time. Painting might just be the way to help. Students were given paint brushes, white flower pots and many choices of paint in the Student Health Center on May 28 as part of the "De-stress...
By Joseph Ramirez + 3 others for ECC Union - 3 min read
Architecture students showcase sleeping pods, other projects
Make modules that people could sleep in. This is the theme of this year’s architecture showcase that students from El Camino College participate in every year. Because of this, El Camino students built a pod-like module named “Radiant Bloom” which they slept in from April 26 to 28 to test. “We spent two days in the Poly Canyon area in...
By Joseph Ramirez + 2 others for ECC Union - 2 min read
Haircuts and conversations: Support network to host final barbershop event of the semester
Free haircuts and a place to hold conversations. The Men of Color Action Network is offering these and more as it hosts the third and final “Barbershop Talks” event of the semester on Wednesday, May 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Equity and Achievement Center. The event is for people to receive communal support and have...
By Joseph Ramirez + 3 others for ECC Union - 2 min read
Architecture students to present projects for competition
Protests at the University of Southern California relocated an architecture competition for students to El Camino College. On campus protests and encampments at USC over the Israel-Hamas war in the last few weeks have caused disruptions to classes and graduation ceremonies. The Southern California Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects organized the contest where students from different colleges...