Elanna Erhardt

Hello,

My nick name is Lani. This semester, I am the senate representative for the English Majors and Minors Club! It's a position that requires a bit of work and I'm happy to do it since I am learning how to work and communicate in a productive group. Ha ha, as opposed to all those in class group projects.

As for my personal life, I'm a bit of a transplant. I was born in Bellflower, CA, lived in Long Beach 'till I was seven, moved to Montana with family and moved solo back to Long Beach at age nineteen. This accounts for some of the topics in my poetry and a bit of the pointed query of different people and locations that appears in my personal writing.

All of my future plans are coming up fairly shortly! I just applied to Humboldt State University and am waiting for their reply. If accepted (please, please, please!) I'll be making a six hundred mile migration to northern California via U-Haul (or possibly Budget)!

Any further planning is so far in the future that it might create tiny explosions between my ears. Yes, that would create extra space, but would be a bit unpleasant.

Thank you for visiting our website!

Best wishes,

Elanna

Lauren Stone

The sometimes inappropriate, occasionally on task, and consistently random president of the English Majors and Minors club. Lauren has feebly attempted to keep the club high functioning and calm this semester, a feat that only time will determine it's successfulness?

As a creative writing major Lauren found her way to the English majors and minors club by random chance last fall. Lauren was the treasure for the Spring 2009 semester mostly because she was walking down the hall and Matt McGaw saw her. As the club needed a Treasurer to complete its charter, being a good hapa student Lauren got an A in Math 45, it seemed like a natural fit.

This semester Lauren became the president, basically because she was still going to be at LBCC in the fall. Though her coronation was relatively uneventful, she is definitely not a slacker and has utilized her relationship with the Long Beach Shakespeare Company to provide free theater to club members and recently taught interested members, along with IZ our secretary, how to crochet for our philanthropic project, making hats for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in honor of Natalie Schiavone, a beloved English professor, who incidentally was also Lauren's creative writing teacher last fall.

Tony Acero

What can one say about him....I've got it! Let's start with a shameless plug! I'm currently in the process of writing what I hope will be a stellar novel. I've got approximately 80 pages of manuscript chilling with a rock on it, and am adding pages to it periodically. I hope to get it published either by nefarious means or otherwise. I'm also working on a collection of short stories to be released with or after my first novel. It's an endeavor I've been working on for a few months and plan and being complete by the end of the year.

*Shameless plug over*

As for me personally, I think I want to continue down a writer's path in hopes that I can do something with it. My favorite authors vary but one cannot deny my love for Stephen King. It may seem a bit of a "go-to" answer, but regardless of where I stretch my realm of books (and they've stretched...from classics to crap.....Twilight I'm looking at you, you retched excuse for a book), I always return back to King. I've read everything he's had to offer, repeatedly and will continue to do so.

Mountain Dew, Stephen King and excessively sarcastic humor. That's me in a nutshell.

Tony

Isabel Javier, Secretary (Fall 2010)

Hey all! As secretary, I will do my best to involve everyone in any club-related activities and discussions, but I'll probably subject the word "awesome" to more abuse than the Wife of Bath while I'm at it. Since I joined the EM&MC last semester, I have been lucky enough to meet many fine and sassy folk who have a combined love of English, art, and off-color jokes. With any luck, I'll be meeting many more- I look forward to seeing you in club, in class, or both!

-Currently taking Eng3 (Argument), Eng43A (Shakespeare), and Eng46 (Brit Lit I)
-Interests include fantasy, science fiction, mythology (particularly Greco-Roman), anime/manga, and World of Warcraft.

Club Sponsor: Allison Murray-Pop

As the club sponsor, I facilitate for the group, providing some suggestions for activities, but mostly signatures for the club's various events and outings. I have worked with the English Major and Minors' club for about five years, but this group of students has been the most enjoyable, ethusiastic and motivated group I've ever worked with. They have a profound sense of momentum and direction, which makes my experience with them that much more rewarding.

Apart from my involvement with the club, I also enjoy teaching Shakespeare, Mythology, and Argument. I'm also passionately committed to travel and the education it provides. Often, I lecture based on the experiences I've had trekking through Kakadu National Park in Australia, or visiting the Shinto Shrines of Tokyo, or watching the sun rise from a Mayan temple in Guatemala. This summer, I'll add to that list of adventures by traveling around the Transylvanian countryside, oh, and getting married there too boot.

I’m Tracie Mangold. I’ve been at LBCC for 3 years now, and I have no idea when I’m getting out of here. I haven’t decided my major yet- I’m deciding between English (duh) and Fashion Design. My hobbies include making up odd nicknames for people, attempting to roller skate, and going to punk shows. When not at school or work I can be found catching a show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Oh, and I’m an AquaCadet-which pretty much explains everything.

p.s. I refuse to see Avatar…ever.