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Zoe Rodriguez-Willie, Reporter
March 17, 2020

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The Coronavirus, otherwise known as COVID-19, has caused a worldwide pandemonium.

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𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬:

𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞

Director of the Office of Education Abroad Matthew Yates first began at California Lutheran University three years ago, in 2021. He has since then implemented a variety of programs at Cal Lutheran to promote study abroad programs. Yates says he has dedicated a good portion of his adult life to continuing to enlighten himself and others on the subject of education.

Before being named the Director of the Office of Education Abroad at Cal Lutheran University in July 2021, Yates earned his Bachelor of Arts in History and International Studies from Indiana University Bloomington.

As far as Yates’ work experience, he was Assistant Director of Education Abroad at Kansas State University and most recently served as Director of Education Abroad at the University of Connecticut, Yates said

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📝 - 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴, 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳

𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢 𝐄𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞

Director of the Mariachi Ensemble Rocio Marron has been teaching and getting students prepared for the concerts for nearly five years.

According to the Cal Lutheran Music Department website, Mariachi is a rich musical tradition that came from Mexico, with instruments used including trumpet, violin, guitar, and voice.

Marron said the group picks out songs throughout the semester. Singers pick the songs they want to perform, and then Marron will either make suggestions or changes if necessary.

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📝 - 𝘑𝘑 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢, 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳

𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐋

𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐂𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐁𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐧

Karsten Lundring, otherwise known as “The Candy Man,” was a member of the first graduating class of California Lutheran University in 1965. He was also among the first students to enroll at Cal Lutheran in 1961. Three generations of Lundrings have graduated from Cal Lutheran, Lundring said, including his son in 1994 and his grandson in 2024.

Lundring was first given his nickname 57 years ago. The Cal Lutheran football team was playing an away game against the University of San Diego. Lundring said he had a family business picnic in Long Beach that day, but he moved the picnic time forward so that he could make it on time to the Cal Lutheran game at night.

The candy was initially meant for kids attending his family picnic; however, when he got to San Diego for the game, Lundring realized he had forgotten to throw the candy at the picnic. So, Lundring said he brought the candy into the stands and threw it whenever Cal Lutheran would make a good play. Ever since that day, Lundring said he always brings candy to Cal Lutheran athletic games.

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📝- 𝘒𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘦, 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳

𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞

𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

Nov. 11, 7:45 PM update: The Ventura County Fire Department updated the public on the status of the Mountain Fire during a press conference Monday evening. Fire and county officials also spoke about recovery efforts and resources as crews continue to make progress on fire containment. According to Cal Fire, the Mountain Fire currently spans 20,630 acres and is 42% contained as of 7:08 p.m.

“We’re six days into this incident now,” Ventura County Fire Chief Dustin Gardner said during Monday night’s press conference. “It feels like it’s been weeks, but we’re six days in.”

Gardner said the fire is looking “really good,” crediting line commanders for their “24/6” work efforts since the fire broke out.

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📝- 𝘈𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘺 𝘚𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘰, 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧

The Echo is currently looking to hire a Special Pr

The Echo is currently looking to hire a Special Projects Manager for the Spring 2025 semester!

- Applicants must be full-time undergraduate students at Cal Lutheran and can have any major.
- The position is a few hours per week and is paid minimum wage.
- Be prepared to upload a resume at the end of the application.

The majority of the job duties will take place in March and April. Apply at the link in our bio today! Applications close Friday, November 15, at 11:59 p.m. Please contact khetting@callutheran.edu for more information.

𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬: 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐥í𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐲 𝐬𝐮 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚

La Universidad Luterana de California realizó un evento el 6 de noviembre, titulado “Uniendo Fronteras: Entendiendo el Panorama Político de Venezuela y su Impacto en Colombia”. Este evento es parte de la serie “Colombia @ CLU exchange”, dirigido por la Profesora y Decana Asociada de Equidad, Inclusión y Pertenencia, Lorena Muñoz.

Un tema sumamente importante, según Muñoz, fue la discusión de la situación de las mujeres migrantes fuera de Venezuela y los estereotipos alrededor de ellas. Alexandra Choconta, investigadora académica y presentadora del evento, dijo que su trabajo es eliminar y combatir estos estereotipos, no seguir reproduciendo estas lógicas en los medios de comunicación.

“En nuestra exposición Bridging Venezuela en Colombia, lo que intentamos hacer fue traer una perspectiva histórica desde nuestra posición como académicos colombianos”, dijo Choconta. “Y de la situación en Venezuela y cómo ha impactado especialmente la migración a Colombia. Lo que intentamos fue como dar varios puntos de vista histórico de situaciones históricas importantes y cuáles han sido como las mayores repercusiones para las mujeres migrantes venezolanas en Colombia”.

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📝- 𝘒𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘢𝘭 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘭, 𝘌𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴

𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐨 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰

There is little to no information regarding California Lutheran University’s stance on its environmental impact. Only information on the university’s Environmental Science and Studies degrees as well as an article about sustainability projects from over a decade ago can be found online. The Echo was also able to find a 2009 Cal Lutheran Sustainability Action Plan, yet no updates or statements have followed since the release of it.

In comparison to Cal Lutheran, both Pepperdine University and Chapman University, two local private institutions, have Offices of Sustainability on their campus - according to their respective websites.

According to the Academic Affairs page on Cal Lutheran’s website, there is a sustainability committee at the university. Associate Professor and Chair of the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department Robert Dull said the sustainability committee has not met since before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the academic school year in early 2020.

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✍️ - 𝘓𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘺, 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳

𝐏𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠’𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭’𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐟𝐞

Last Wednesday, Monique “Ms. Mo” Nunes, University President John Nunes’ wife, invited students to their home for a fall-themed meet-and-greet event.

“It’s a wonderful event to hang out with people from around the campus as well as our new president and Ms. Mo,” senior Rylli Matter said. “It was just one of those things where I knew I would feel welcomed and have so much fun.”

Junior Elizabeth Marquez said that events like these are important because they provide the opportunity to connect with one another and meet new people.

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✍🏾- 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘢, 𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳

𝐂𝐋𝐔 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞

𝐂𝐋𝐔 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐎𝐧 ‘𝐍𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐭’

California Lutheran University’s Theatre and Dance Department performed “No Exit,” a student-directed play by senior Riley Herbert. The play features three students trying to figure out why they are brought together in Hell.

The show ran from Thursday, Oct. 17 to Sunday, Oct. 20. The original play was written by French playwright Jean-Paul Sartre in 1944. Herbert said the inspiration for choosing this play was based on her work in the Cal Lutheran’s Political Science Department.

Herbert said she is currently doing an honors thesis on restorative justice, focusing largely on rehabilitation and figuring out why people commit crimes.

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📝- 𝘑𝘑 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢, 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳

𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐒𝐦𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝

California Lutheran University’s Kingsmen football team faced the Redlands Bulldogs in the annual Smudge Pot game on Saturday, Oct. 19 at William Rolland Stadium. The Kingsmen lost to the Bulldogs 17-15, two points short of beating the team for the first time since 2012.

This matchup also took place during Homecoming Weekend and senior wide receiver Cade Cadam said that the energy could be felt coming from the crowd.

“Awesome, awesome atmosphere, this is my second Smudge Pot game. Last year was at Redlands and so I never got to experience here at Cal Lutheran,” Cadam said. “It was an awesome turnout, just one play, we just didn’t get it done today.”

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📝- 𝘑𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘢 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢, 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳

𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁

𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐰

California Lutheran University Kingsmen soccer (5-5-3) played in a scoreless tie against the University of Redlands (7-2-3) at William Rolland Stadium on Saturday night.

Neither team was able to put any points on the board, with solid defensive play from both teams, each accounting for one save.

Head Coach Miguel Ruiz, in his seventh season at the helm, said he liked the discipline his team portrayed in the matchup, despite not coming out with the victory.

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📝- George Gaitanis, Reporter

𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐎𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚

𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐎𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦

California Lutheran University hosted an event called AI in the Workplace: Navigating Challenges and Embracing Opportunities on Thursday, Oct. 10 in the Lundring Events Center.

Vlad Vaiman, the associate dean and professor for the School of Management, was a keynote speaker for the event and spoke on the importance of applying AI to our everyday lives and utilizing it as a tool.

“So this year, we’re talking about application or applications in plural of artificial intelligence tools, in navigating challenges and embracing opportunities of using artificial intelligence in the workplace,” Vaiman said.

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📝- Joshua Christopher, Reporter

𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐞

California Lutheran University’s women’s soccer team tied with the University of California Santa Cruz on the Regals’ Senior Day on Sunday.

“Our goals for the season, despite today’s tie, is just to continue to grow our chemistry as a team. Every team is going to come at us with a lot of intensity cause they wanna knock down the champs but I think for us it’s just, continuing to stay stuck in and continuing to get better every half of every game, and getting some more goals and times to celebrate with our team,” senior defender Avery West said.

Before the match, the Regals took time to honor and celebrate the seniors on the team.

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📸 -Joshua Christopher, Reporter

𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬

Last Wednesday, California Lutheran University Career Services held its annual Graduate School Fair, inviting students to learn more about various graduate school programs. According to the Cal Lutheran website, students who attended the fair could learn about graduate programs, admission processes, and how to stand out in applications.

Senior Riley Herbert said the importance of events like the Grad Fair is the opportunity that they provide to meet people face-to-face.

“I think with a lot of graduate programs there are a lot of webinars and a lot of online events which are really great, but it’s just kind of a strain,” Herbert said. “It’s really nice to get to meet people in person and have some of your fears about applying to grad school alleviated, and just really get to talk with them and ask them your actual questions.”

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𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧 𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐂 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫

California Lutheran University’s Women’s Volleyball team swept the Whittier Poets this past Friday in the Regals’ first Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match of the season.

Before the match, Head Coach Kellee Roesel and Assistant Coach Alec Bennett established a game plan of how the Regals could win based on past matches with the Poets.

“Coming into today we were really thinking about containing their outside hitters,” Bennett said. “Whoever they were gonna throw in on that outside position, and then making their bigger players move quick, so we were trying to establish pretty quick offense to catch them off guard.”

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📸-JJ Cambaliza, Reporter

𝐎𝐱𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐀

𝐎𝐱𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬

Each fall semester, a select number of California Lutheran University students embark on the Oxford Study Abroad program. The first half is spent in Oxford and the second half is spent in London.

Compared to the other study abroad programs offered at Cal Lutheran, the application process for the program is considered “very competitive,” per the OEA’s website. Students are to apply one year in advance and fill out the Office of Education Abroad’s questions section.

This year, only eight students were accepted to the Oxford program. Dru Pagliassotti, a professor in the Communication Department, is the faculty leader for the current program.

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📝 - Ashley Lopez, Reporter
📸- Photo contributed by Amelia Tracey

𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞

𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐀𝐀𝐂

At California Lutheran University, the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is represented by student-athletes here on campus. These athletes serve as advocates and leadership voices pertaining to fall and spring athletic sports teams.

Cal Lutheran student-athletes Jacqueline Brandon and Eric Talbert discussed and shared their roles and obligations regarding the SAAC.

Brandon, a junior on the women’s water polo team, serves as the president of the SAAC at Cal Lutheran and a national representative for the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

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📝 - Joshua Christopher, Reporter

𝐂𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐡𝐨, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟗!

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