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ECC women’s tennis team reinstated amid active federal investigation into women’s athletics

When El Camino College’s women’s tennis program was cut in the spring of 2025, 19-year-old data science major Robyn Wong said she understood the decision, even if it meant losing the sport that brought her to ECC.

“I came to El Camino to play tennis since there aren’t a lot of women’s tennis teams in the area…But it also made sense [the cut], in terms of the record, the team’s record wasn’t good. I think we lost to every school we played,” Wong said.

Now, almost a year later, El Camino College i...
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Canvas is back online, here’s what to know

Student private data is said to have been recovered after a cyberattack stealing billions worth of data was made on global learning educational platform Canvas.

The company that owns Canvas, Instructure, reported coming to an agreement with ShinyHunters, a cyber hacking group that took credit for the attack.

A few groups at El Camino College are exploring conversations of online dependency in the wake of the Canvas hack.

“Having this conversation with Information Technology Services (ITS) and me...
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ECC undergoes federal investigation following women’s athletics cuts

The U.S Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating El Camino College over a possible Title IX violation for failing to provide equal athletic participation opportunities to female students by not effectively accommodating their interests and abilities.

The investigation, which opened Wednesday, March 4, follows a complaint filed by former ECC badminton coach David Levin on behalf of the women’s badminton team, one of two women’s teams cut in 2025.
Title IX is a federal l...
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Santa Barbara Vaqueros buck ECC Warriors volleyball, settling the score

The score tied 20-20, a win for the second volleyball set within reach for both teams as Santa Barbara Vaqueros No. 9 Ayden Welch stepped to the service line.

The crack of the volleyball echoed off his serve. Warriors No. 9 Octavious Corona answered the attack, only to be blocked at the net by Vaqueros No. 18 Nick Schultz and No. 22 Evan Thompson.

In the serves that followed, the El Camino College Warriors would closely lose the second set 25-23.
The Vaqueros went on to sweep the Warriors in th...
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Public disturbance at Cafe Camino

After verbal threats and slurs were spoken to people waiting in line at Cafe Camino at El Camino College Thursday, March 19, a student is being issued an order to stay off campus for the next 10 days.

If the student is seen on campus before the 10 days are up, they will be arrested, according to officer Ryan Brown.
Photography major Samantha Cetina, 20, said the student was “very aggressive” and trying to initiate a fight with her.

She also said the student mentioned they had a lot of “cases.”
T...
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Artificial intelligence catches over 4000 fraudulent student applications at El Camino College

More than 4,000 spring 2026 applications were identified as fraudulent, according to a presentation from Acting Dean of Enrollment Services Dr. Kristina Martinez at the Feb. 18 Board of Trustees meeting.

Since it was first introduced for the spring 2025 semester, artificial intelligence software LightLeap AI has improved the accuracy of El Camino College’s enrollment numbers due to its success in identifying fraudulent applications and enrollments, according to Martinez.
“Since implementing Ligh...
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South Bay transit project route changes, new concerns arise

Light rail train service has a new path forward in the South Bay, potentially bringing more stops and attracting new ridership.

Metro’s Board of Directors, in a unanimous decision, selected the Hawthorne Boulevard route for the K-Line Extension Project during their Thursday, Jan. 22 meeting at the Metro Headquarters Building in Los Angeles.

The route will run down the median of Hawthorne Boulevard elevated, bridging the Redondo Beach Station on Marine Avenue with the Torrance Transit Center whil...
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Chemistry majors have to take four years of classes according to program mapper

Chemistry students will need to take four years worth of chemistry and other life science classes in order to receive an associate’s degree for transfer, according to El Camino College’s Academic Program Mapper.
The Academic Program Mapper is an introductory resource that helps students navigate the requirements needed to transfer to a four-year college or for graduating with an associates degree.
“What it’s intending to do is try and answer a basic set of questions that most students have when...
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Sexual offenses increase across higher education in California

Standing near Cafe Camino in the afternoon, Rosalina Morfin,18, and her friend were talking to a group of students when they noticed a man hovering nearby.

“Not even arm's length, he was really close, it was weird,” Morfin said.

He tried to talk to them after the group of women they were talking to left.

“He was kind of just swaying back and forth…he was asking our names, we said fake names, I’m pretty sure,… ?” she said.
They ended up saying strained good byes, and left.
However, the man proceeded...