Alexandra Scoville

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Worked on 397 assignments, created 71, named on 39 bylines for Talon Marks.

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Paramore Album Review

Paramore's fourth studio album, titled after the band, is not the best efforts by the band and didn't sound like the other albums that came before it. "Paramore" had a consistency of long intros and slow songs. There were very few stand out pieces, the rest just seemed to mesh together and sound similar. The band released this album on...

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Preacher Asks Students who is the Greatest Person in History

Cerritos College has had street preachers and evangelists with signs visit its campus and proclaim the word of God. The student body saw another gospel preacher named Ray Comfort on Wednesday Jan. 24 with a camera and a microphone asking it who it believes is the greatest figure in history. “I am interviewing students for season five of my program...

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Occupations aplenty at community college career expo

Job seekers and recruiters roamed about the sidewalk of Cerritos College’s library Tuesday morning at the school’s biannual Career Expo and Job Fair. The event was available to anybody seeking a job, and took place from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. In attendance were representatives from companies such as: Downey Police Department, T-Mobile, UPS, Los Angeles Fire Department, Golf ‘n...

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Love and Technology

David Young a retired professor who now actively works at the career center at Cerritos College, spoke Friday at the Teleconference Center on the topic of love and technology. Young's presentation ranged from many different subtopics such as caring for an individual, religion, love in different cultures, online dating, and much more. Young mentions how the idea for the topic...

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Student pieces shine at Literature Slam

Philosophy major Tori Harris experienced her first Literature Slam on Wednesday, March 13, where she along with 22 other students and faculty read poems, or excerpts of books. Harris read poems that she had written in her junior year of high school, after having read the poems in the Literature Slam she felt like she was connected with writing again....

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wilderness club at senate meetin

Wilderness Club President Enrique Siliezar and Vice President Miles Aiello received the approval they had been working for from the senate meeting on Wednesday March 13, as the club had presented to the members twice seeking supportive funding for its spring break adventure. David Garcia, a club member since the fall of 2011, and a large percentage of the current...

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Breast Cancer Wal

After being affected by breast cancer in her family, pastry chef major Alexis Luna joined other women and men during a breast cancer walk sponsored by the Susan G. Komen foundation on Thursday, March 22 in Falcon Square. Luna stated that her aunt has had breast cancer and after going through remission she was diagnosed again and suffered heart problems...

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video game tournament

On the fourth day of the Spring Festival clubs competed in a video game tournament. A trailer from Extreme Game Truck was parked outside the Fine Arts Building with screens outside and inside the trailer. Students were also offered free popcorn, snow cones, cotton candy and the chance to have their photos taken wearing costumes in a photo booth. Thirteen...

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State of the Education

Technology and connecting with students was the focus of the fifth annual State of Education that took place in the Burnight Center Theatre Tuesday March 12. The State of Education is meant for professors and other leaders at Cerritos College to look at the successes and shortcomings of the campus and how they can improve. Students from the Dean’s List...

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5.2 earthquake

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck Monday March 11 in the Riverside County desert according to the U. S. Geological Survey. The reported shaking was the second of the day, and took place at 9:55 a.m. An epicenter was Anza, Calif. 105 miles south of Cerritos College, with the quake being felt as far north as downtown Los Angeles. There are...