years, Child Center closes

Child Development Center (CDC) has

to children from the EC family. With
this spring semester its staff, par-
left discomposed.
That's the only word I can use to
Jennifer Montgomery, child devel-
2013 the EC board of trustees voted to
accept the President's recommendation to authorize the
closure of the CDC. This closure will take place effective
June 30.
The CDC helped students attend school and gave chil-
dren a safe environment, Montgomery said. It allowed
students to continue with their education, knowing their
children were taken care of in a safe environment. After
the CDC closes, the building will be leased to a Head Start
Program.
"I'm trying my best to help parents find a new place for
their children," Montgomery said. "As of right now I do
not know were the students are going."

tton woes
New summer
Photo Illustration by Charles Ryder/ Union
for Education in Nursing (ACEN), but will continue to
for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC).

l:e.\l_acaticm of ACEN ac-

sessions serve
students
Celine West
Staff Writer
@ECCUnionCelin
The new EC summer session, now
divided into three terms, has been de-
signed to attract incoming students and
allow current students to earn more
credits quickly, administrators said.
"We expect to have a robust sum-
mer," Francisco Arce, vice president
of Academic Affairs, said. "Within the
summer session there are three terms:
the [first] six-week session, the second
six-week session, and the eight-week
session."
He believes that the reallocation of
time away from the now-discontinued
winter session allows students more
flexibility in the summer.
"Summer is a longer period. Win-
ter session was only five weeks long
and there was a lot more pressure on
students," Arce said. "You have sev-
eral more schedule options in the sum-
mertime: It can be the eight weeks if
you need a little bit more time, or the
first six weeks because you want to get
it over with and then work, or if you
want to work in the beginning of the
summer then go to school, the last six
weeks might be best. You just have a
lot more choices packed into one ses-
sion." 1 V\..-VllUJJVUVVU 1 v v-vvuuvu u:a. u.v-
creditation," according the March 11
letter.
The first of these unmet requirement
was regarding "Mission and Adminis-
trative Capacity" issues.
"The ACEN site visit team observed
limited documentation to support com-
munities' of interest (hospital affiliates,
advisory committees) contributions to
decision-making processes for program
development," according a second letter
dated April17.
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to come first
Photo Courtesy of Francesca Bishop
Nationals in Denver earlier last month.
seen as
lesser because of that."
Since EC is not a four-year institution
or regarded as a prestigious school, the
team is even more motivated to perfect
their game.
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info session EC fashion show
_ Administrators also see this change
as a means for ambitious students -to-
earn more credits quickly.
"Say you are a two year student or a
three year student. With these summer
sessions, we have three terms within
the summer session so a student could
conceptually pick up 10 units pretty
easily if they are motivated," Arce said.
In addition, EC designed its summer
session with the intention of allowing
its spring semester students to transi-
tion smoothly into summer course-
work.
"You can see that it is a very short
turn around from the end of the semes-
ter to the start of the summer term, so
we thought that it would benefit the
group of students who are already en-
rolled here," Arce said.
The sessions have the added benefit
of encouraging high school students to
plan out their educational paths.
"High school students who complete
the matriculation process, which is ori-
entation, assessment and educational
planning, by March 31, are given pri-
ority registration," Arce said. "These
students will be in a good position to
enroll in this second, six-week session.
What we are trying to do is give recent
graduates a little bit of an upper edge
if they go through the matriculation."
Other administrators agreed that
the new summer sessions cater to the
needs of incoming students.
"Our placement of the second ses-
sion is such that almost any high school
senior who wants to get off to a good
start and get a leg up can do so," Thom-
as Lew, dean of Humanities, said.
A plethora of new courses have been
added this summer in an attempt to
meet varying student needs.
"We added almost 100 sections
to the summer schedule," Arce said.
"There are a variety of types of cours-
es that we offer, and it will be a pretty
comprehensive schedule."
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May 7 from 5 to 7 p.m.
Information, contact the
department 310-660-
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Come out and support the Tailor
Made Fashion club as they pres-
ent "Ikon." The event is sched-
uled for 7:30 p.m. on May 9 at
Marsee Auditorium. Tickets are
$7 in advance and $10 at the door.
For more information, contact Dr.
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elderly female student walked
into the Police station lobby and
requested to have paramedics
examine her. The student had
been using a treadmill in her PE
class when she lost her balance
and fell to the ground, sustaining
abrasions to her head, knees and
arms. Paramedics were notified
and when they arrived, they
transported to the student to an
area hospital for treatment.
Medical aid call for chest
pains
April 28, 1:38 p.m.-Officers
responded to the pool regarding a
medical aid call. A female student
participating in her swim class
was experiencing chest pains.
Paramedics were immediately
notified and arrived on scene. The
student was transported to an area
hospital for treatment.
-r
ing personnel.
"Diana Crossman retired a
year ago and it hasn't been the
same," Bishop said. "We were
lucky to get a part time coach
to take over, and he is fabulous,
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Page 1
The design of the summer ses-
sions was also meant to help stu-
dents complete the courses that
they need to graduate on time.
"Most students who plan to
transfer wind up one or two class-
es short and the summer gives
them the opportunity to take that
class and focus on just that one
course," Lew said, "My daugh-
ter would not have been able to
transfer after two years if classes
were not available."
Thus far, students believe that
the advertised changes will in-
deed help them meet their goals.
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team is left with the task of re-
cruiting new players to replace
them.
"It's like any sports team
where they have rebuilding
years," Bishop said.
"I think that it's a great oppor-
tunity to take more classes and it
works to our advantage," Eliza-
beth Menegazzo, 26, business
management major, said. "I think
a lot of people can really take ad-
vantage of this."
Students who hope to graduate
sooner also feel they can make
good use of the new summer ses-
sion schedule.
"It will allow me to take more
classes rather than cramming my
prerequisites," Brandon Neher,
30, radiologic technology, said,
"I think the new summer ses-
sions will help me get out of here
sooner."
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