Monday, November 23, 2009
Issue Nine
<3 Heather
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

This past weekend the newspaper club Beta Phi Gamma attended the ECC Warrior football game and homecoming dance. It was such a fun experience!! It started at the game where EC cleaned up with a huge victory to make the team 8 wins and 1 loss in their season. They have one more game left with Mt. SAC, where they're hoping to bring home another victory and clench a playoff spot. During half time nominees for the homecoming court rode in vintage cars around the stadium. I was lucky enough to ride in as a filler in an extra car. It was a 1961 Chevy convertible Corvette. These cars were cherry and all worthy of a show! I really was an experience to photograph people taking photos of me. After the half-time extravaganza the game continued until we reached out victory. After the EC news staff headed to the Activities Center on campus to celebrate the 70s' theme dance. We all danced and partied our bums off!! There was a little bit of snacking and then more dancing. Almost the whole staff was commanding the dance floor all night! Then toward the end of the evening came the moment of truth, with the announcement of King and Queen. The nominees for Beta Phi Gamma were Miles our Editor-in-chief and Erica. They did such a good job at the rally to promote the club and themselves. Unfortunately Tailor Made, the fashion club swept by us witht he victory for the evening. The best part is every event our group attends the closer we get. The sad part is the semester is almost over, but there is always next semester!! For more on homecoming visit www.elcaminouniononline.com.

Thursday, November 5, 2009
Marijuana in the Media

Marijuana has been in media frenzy in 09'. This year it has been a weekly topic in the media and the subject of people's conversations every where. This year the medical use of Marijuana has made much progress for patients and supporters nation wide. Organizations like M.M.P. (Medical Marijuana Project) are getting media attention. They are now being interviewed on air and recognized as organized movement. In the past years, weed has become increasingly popular and now becoming part of American society on a daily basis.
<3 Heather
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sports
I know how we all love sports! Football is back, baseball is almost over, baseball and basketball are comming in the spring, and hockey is going strong. All of the professional league sports are followed by millions religiously. I myself am a season ticket holder for kings hockey. This season hass been great for us. We've only lost a number of times so far and have been great on our powerplay. The team overall has been on the same page reading plays and acting as a cohesive team rather than individual players. They need to get it together on the penalty kill, because that is when they are allowing other teams to score. It was really exciting for me to meet and talk to about 8 players, last Thursday. After the game that we lost in over time, I was able to go down stairs and talk to the Kings. I had a great conversation with Matt Greene, about the dynamic of the season and the players themselves. He elaborated on how they have the same goal in mind and it makes a difference.
Likewise here on campus we have great sports! Right now we have cross country, water polo, soccer, and football. In the spring baseball and basketball are going to be on the schedule, as well. I had the pleasure of shooting a Woman's Water Polo, game against Rio Hondo. It was intense with the players yelling and splashing around at each other. Not to mention how much energy it takes for the players to swim from one end of the pool to the other. It's a workout and a talent to be a water polo player, and the lady warriors all are equally impressive. That game my camera and I took a splash from the warriors, and they came out of the game victorious.
ECC Warrior football is not a force to be reckoned with. They were number one on the top teams in the country on a community college level. Led by their quaterback Matt Simms, the warriors have been victorious in every opponet they have faced. Until, they played Mt. Sac and lost for the first time of the season. They came out crushed with a score of 42- 26 here at Murdock Stadium on Saturday. This loss brough our ranking from number one to five, on the list. This is super dissapointing for the team, but there will be many more action packed games to come this season for many different sports. For more sports info check u out online at http://media.www.elcaminouniononline.com/media/storage/paper354/news/2009/11/05/Sports/Warriors.Mistakes.Prove.Costly.In.Loss.To.Mt.Sac-3823469.shtml.
<3 Heather