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A bookcase in the International Student Program office at El Camino College displays various cultural items on Tuesday, April 22. The majority of El Camino College international students come from Asia, Latin America, and Africa. (Kaitlyn Gochez I The Union)
F-1 visa revocations and reinstatements cause uncertainty, concern
By Kaitlyn Gochez • May 4, 2025

Thousands of F-1 visa revocations have been reversed for international students in the United States following statements made by federal officials Friday, April 25, according to the Associated Press. An...

The El Camino College Speech and Debate team gather for a picture, holding their awards and wearing their team jackets, after the awards ceremony at the 2025 Phi Rho Pi National Tournament in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday, March 16. (Back L-R) Nia Gordon, Abigail Sucup, Ashley Singh, Sophia Cruz, Andres Osorio, Ethan Syring, Julissa Celis and Alec Lyons. (Front L-R) communication studies professor and coach Francesca Bishop, Abigail Morey, Zaynah Robb, Salma Kidwai, Juliette Celis, communication studies professor and coach Brittany Hubble. (Photo courtesy of Brittany Hubble)
Speech and debate team wins top awards in state and national competitions
By Nikki Yunker • May 4, 2025
El Camino ranks as the top community college debate school in the nation
Jeremiah Hampton and Chanel Abalone of Beyond the Bell Middle School Unit, an afterschool program, hand out information to students looking to partake in career paths centered on student development and recreational programs during the Job Fair at El Camino College on Wednesday, April 30 in the Student Services Plaza. (Drex Carratala | The Union)
Career opportunities abound at El Camino’s 25th Annual Job Fair
By Kaitlyn Gochez • May 2, 2025

The Student Services Plaza transformed into a marketplace of careers as recruiters met with college students, high schoolers and local community members Wednesday, April 30.The 25th Annual Job Fair, hosted...

El Camino College students using their phones to vote in the Associated Students Organization elections Tuesday, April 29. Psychology major Christian Lopez (right), 25, said he feels like he is actually voting because the ballots may be received and read. "I actually go to class with one of the candidates," Lopez said. (Nikki Yunker | The Union)
Voting for student government elections underway at El Camino
By Nikki Yunker • May 1, 2025

Elections for the student government at El Camino College started Monday, April 28 and end Thursday, May 1 at 11:59 p.m. The Associated Students Organization holds elections once every spring semester...

Arts & Features
Dudley's Records Vintage Vinyl store employee and El Camino College music major Seth Landoch, 23, flips through the store's inventory of vinyl records Friday, April 25. Landoch is in his third semester at ECC. (Elsa Rosales | The Union)
Crate-digging for gold: Record stores near El Camino College
By Elsa Rosales • May 3, 2025
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure
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The large yellow twisty slide, which is accompanied by a smaller blue slide to the right, at Sycamore Park in El Segundo. (Sydney Sakamoto | The Union)
Slide over after class: The best slides near El Camino
By Sydney Sakamoto • May 1, 2025

Before there were tablets, trampolines, or TikToks, there was the slide.Humans have always had a thing for sliding. From icy hills to sand dunes,...

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Opinion
Anthony Fulcher, 23, mechanical engineering, cyber security and accounting major, shows off his braids. Fulcher said black hair can do things that other hair can’t do because it's so versatile. (Savannah Anderson | The Union)
Campus viewpoints: The Black Student Success Center on Black hair
By Savannah Anderson • April 30, 2025

Black hair is more than just roots and tips. It’s expression, identity, versatility and style. Coming in all different shapes and styles, from tightly...

(Kim McGill | Special to The Union)
Students should be more engaged on campus
By Editorial Board • April 30, 2025

Students at El Camino College should understand the importance of engaging with their peers, professors and faculty. Is it that students are afraid...

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Trending Stories
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Jeremiah Hampton and Chanel Abalone of Beyond the Bell Middle School Unit, an afterschool program, hand out information to students looking to partake in career paths centered on student development and recreational programs during the Job Fair at El Camino College on Wednesday, April 30 in the Student Services Plaza. (Drex Carratala | The Union)

Career opportunities abound at El Camino's 25th Annual Job Fair

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Zion Kim, 22, anthropology major, reads through a textbook in an aisle of the El Camino College Bookstore on Wednesday, April 30. Textbooks will no longer be available for sale in the Bookstore and will be outsourced to online purchasing through an affiliate of Barnes & Noble in fall 2025. Kim said having a Bookstore on campus makes a student feel part of the community. He also said people will lose the experience of flipping through textbook pages at the Bookstore since that can't be done online. (Eddy Cermeno | The Union)

Bookstore will no longer sell textbooks starting fall 2025

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(L-R) Trustee Katherine Maschler, Trustee and President Trisha Murakawa, Trustee Clifford Numark, Trustee and Secretary Brett C.S. Roberts, Trustee Nilo Michelin and Carlos Lopez, vice president of Academic Affairs (front), attend the El Camino Community College District's Board of Trustees meeting Monday, April 28. A presentation from the Marketing and Communications Department at the meeting revealed the findings of a "secret shopper" project, conducted by marketing company GradComms in March 2024, which reviewed the process of enrolling as a student at El Camino College and identified areas for improvement. (Nikki Yunker | The Union)

Secret shopper finds lack of support in registration process at El Camino

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An El Camino College police car parked outside the Schauerman Library on Thursday, Feb. 27. (Eddy Cermeno | The Union)

Police Beat April 2 to April 22

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El Camino College Associated Students Organization Commissioner of External Affairs Jake Smith, 20, presents the current standing of Assembly Bill 49 and Assembly Bill 90 in the Schauerman Library Collaboration Room on Wednesday, April 23, during the lobbying forum event hosted by the ASO External Affairs Committee. Smith, who also serves as Inter-Club Council Vice President, said these bills still are yet to be finalized. (Oriana de Quay | The Union)

El Camino students lobby in Sacramento for immigration and homelessness bills

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The Union Vol. 79, Issue 8, April 3, 2025
Warrior Life, Fall/Winter 2024
Editorials
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Officer Kenny Galan using El Camino Police Squad car in a state mandatory perishable skills training at the top of parking lot f on Sept 24. El Camino partnered with Gardena Police during this mandatory training. (Kayla Mitchell | The Union)