Kim McGill

Student Reporter at El Camino Community College Union Newspaper. Community organizer from Watts, South Central Los Angeles. Watts, South Central Los Angeles

Worked on 61 assignments, created 0, named on 60 bylines for ECC Union.

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El Camino beach volleyball team victorious in matches against Golden West and Fullerton College

El Camino College's women's beach volleyball team celebrated their first two wins this season against Golden West and Fullerton College, scoring decisive 5-0 victories in each match-up held in Torrance on Friday, Feb. 25. El Camino's next match is a home game against Santa Ana on Thursday, March 3 at n...

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ECC could become a leader in addressing gender discrimination in the fire service

On a cool and cloudy morning in November, student Megan Kane lined up on the asphalt pavement at the El Camino College Fire Academy in Inglewood. 23 students were listening intently to six instructors and mentors. Four other students were running laps past fire trucks, equipment sheds and around a four-story rescue training tower. All Fire Academy students, mentors and...

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Broken pipeline sends winter semester online

El Camino College winter 2022 intersession classes will be held online. The cause of this transition is due to a broken pipeline, according to an announcement on Jan. 1 by the Office of Marketing and Communications.“Heating in some campus buildings is not stable,” and El Camino College Campus officials can not yet determine where repairs will have to occur or...

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L.A. County has seen an increase in anti-Asian hate crimes

A report by the Human Relations Commission indicates an increase in anti-Asian hate crimes in Los Angeles County over the past year. Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission released a report saying that the number of anti-Asian hate crimes has gone up from 25 to 44 in the year 2020, a 76% increase. El Camino College (ECC) is located close...

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ECC police sergeant, department and school district sued for sexual misconduct and discrimination

Content warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of sexual content. Reader discretion is advised. Dalfiery Toruno, a police sergeant with the El Camino College Police Department, was found to be in “violation of District policy when he sent multiple, unwelcomed, pornographic, racist and homophobic text messages and videos” to an 18-year-old ECC police cadet, according to a document filed with...

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El Camino College Academic Senate votes to add three holidays to the academic calendar

The El Camino College Academic Senate voted to add Indigenous People’s Day, Cesar Chavez Day and Juneteenth to the academic calendar. The vote was held during the Dec. 7 Academic Senate (AS) meeting. The proposal will still need to be negotiated with staff and faculty unions. Darcie McClelland, Academic Senate president and associate professor of biology said the goal is...

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Holiday Extravaganza in-person performance to reunite three ECC choirs after COVID isolation

A part of the El Camino College campus remains rooted in the past. The bricks are older, the building smaller, the wax shine on the floors thick and creamy, the chipped and faded bulletin boards reminiscent of a worn elementary school or church basement. The halls of the El Camino College (ECC) music building close in and transport visitors back...

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El Camino photography professor Darilyn Rowan honored at memorial service

Friends, family and colleagues of El Camino College photography professor Darilyn Rowan gathered Nov. 14 at Peninsula Community Church in Rancho Palos Verdes to honor her life. Rowan died of unknown causes on Oct. 19 at the age of 66. L. A. Coroner's Office Chief of Operations Brian Elias could not release any further information but added it is not...

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Fourth annual pumpkin decorating contest winners announced

The Veterans Services Program at El Camino College announced the winners of its fourth annual Halloween pumpkin decorating contest. The winners were announced on Nov. 1, and the pumpkin decorating contest featured 17 submissions from students, faculty and staff. “We thought it went great,” Nina Bailey, student services specialist at the Veterans Services Program and coordinator of this year’s event...

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Fourth annual Halloween pumpkin decorating contest returns in-person

The Veterans Services Program at El Camino College is hosting its fourth annual Halloween pumpkin decorating contest. Students, faculty and staff could participate in the contest by delivering their decorated, not carved, pumpkins to the Veteran Services Program offices. The submission period for this year's pumpkin decorating contest closed on Oct. 22. "[Each year], this contest provides a creative space...

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