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El Camino College The Union
The student news site of El Camino College

El Camino College The Union
The student news site of El Camino College

El Camino College The Union
Walter Jay Jr.

Walter Jay Jr., Staff Writer, Photographer

Walter Jay Jr. is a staff writer for The Union. His professional passions include multimedia journalism & podcasting. He has a B.S. in Marketing from Cal State Northridge and an A.A. in Journalism from El Camino College. And he loves making playlists.

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Erica Brenes, associate English professor at El Camino College, sits next to a bed of freshly bloomed daisies on her front porch in Long Beach on March 24. Brenes feels that poetry is a great vehicle to help her students connect with the humanities. “Poetry asks you to have a heightened awareness about the way you choose to spread and share your message,” Brenes said. (Walter Jay Jr. / The Union)

Rebel with a cause

By Walter Jay Jr.
April 21, 2021
Lidia Tejeda, a 30-year-old El Camino College nursing major, poses for a picture right after leaving her in-person nursing class on March 18, 2021, in Torrance, Calif. Tejeda is one of the few ECC students that have been able to take classes on campus during the Covid-19 pandemic. Tejeda said that she loved the hybrid learning style and hoped that it is something that she would be able to continue after the pandemic. (Walter Jay Jr. / The Union)

Campus community discovers silver linings of pandemic

By Walter Jay Jr.
April 7, 2021

Search for new El Camino College president focuses on diversity

By Walter Jay Jr.
March 16, 2021

Ongoing presidential search leads to a diverse candidate pool

By Walter Jay Jr.
March 15, 2021
The student pick-up lanes at Jane Addams Middle School in Lawndale, Calif. are completely empty on March 3, 2021, at 3 p.m. In a few weeks they will be filled with unvaccinated kids returning to in-person learning. Walter Jay Jr/ The Union

LA County should wait to reopen schools

By Walter Jay Jr.
March 3, 2021
Zoha Jan via Canva/ The Union

Top 5 movies to watch during Women’s History Month

By Walter Jay Jr.
March 3, 2021
De Ana Abinante plays a few chords from her living room in Inglewood, Calif., on Dec. 2, 2020.

Overcoming depression to find inner musical talent

By Walter Jay Jr.
December 2, 2020

Performance groups find harmony in trying times

By Walter Jay Jr.
December 2, 2020

Racial equity initiative efforts highlighted during Board of Trustees meeting

By Walter Jay Jr.
November 21, 2020

Racial equity initiatives praised by El Camino College president

By Walter Jay Jr.
November 16, 2020

Online seminar based on Black student success to be held

By Walter Jay Jr.
November 4, 2020

New BIPOC and LGBTQ+ media club comes to ECC

By Walter Jay Jr.
November 4, 2020

Access to health care among students becomes a priority during coronavirus pandemic

By Walter Jay Jr.
October 21, 2020
Jeniffer Torres/The Union

Cybercrime increases amid COVID-19

By Walter Jay Jr.
October 16, 2020
Naereishee Jones/Special to The Union

Why your voice needs to matter this election

By Walter Jay Jr.
October 7, 2020

Fake job and hiring scams continue to target ECC students

By Walter Jay Jr.
September 28, 2020

ECC to host a Virtual Student Expo

By Walter Jay Jr.
September 13, 2020

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