Amairani Mendez

journalism major, first semester on staff and planning to be into this industry. third semester at Cerritos College. Norwalk

Worked on 93 assignments, created 50, named on 25 bylines for Talon Marks.

By (Amairani as photographer) + 2 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read

Cerritos College scored first in NATTYCAA

Photo credit: Amairani Mendez

Cerritos College scored first place under the top ten . The State Associations Division scoring first place, with the points of 98.5. with second place , Mt San Antonio scores 89.5 in the championship. State Associations division (NATYCAA) Cup Scoring Criteria approved by the California Community College Sports(CCAA) "Each College can use its best five women's sports and best five...

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By (Amairani as section editor) + 2 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read

Spring dance auditions prove to be intense for students.

"It's always intense it will always be hard for me because I didn't start dancing till last year," Said dance major, Jeyo Ramos who was just one of many students to audition for upcoming dance concerts at Cerritos College on Saturday Jan. 18. Although Ramos admits the auditions have always be intense in his part, he also hopes his best...

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By (Amairani as section editor) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read

Lone Survivor Review

Based on the New York Times bestselling true story and memoir of U. S NAVY seal Marcus Luttrell, Lone Survivor depicts a journey of bravery, courage, and survival. Four U. S NAVY seals bound together to execute a furtive mission in order to neutralize a high-level al-Qaeda operative, Ahmad Shahd, in the rocky mountains of Afghanistan. Isolated from familiarity, the...

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By (Amairani as section editor) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read

Theater Free Speech Zone

"It kind of depends, I like the expensive ones or if I'm on a date you know. It makes me look better I guess." Tyler Mc Williams, Biology major. "Well I guess both it just depends on like what movies. Usually the more expensive ones they're better." Cindy Tamayo, Sociology major. "To the expensive ones just cause you get a...

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By (Amairani as section editor) + 2 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones

'Paranormal Activity: Marked Ones' provided a fresh take in the paranormal series revives what has almost become stagnant in the very popular series. Some parts of the movie were scary but the times that made the audience cringe where the same old cliché moments, like the jump at your face scare or the shady person at the end of a...

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By (Amairani as assoc. editor) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 5 min read

Psychedelic art and its associations

The word psychedelic evokes different images for various people. Oftentimes, people think of mushrooms or drug influence. If we open up our eyes we can see that psychedelics demeanor has been around for years to pass that wasn’t drug induced. Often times these works had a point to make. They honed in on what one can say more of a...

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By (Amairani as assoc. editor) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read

A prolific seed of music

When we find ourselves in a struggle with somethings we might push it aside or into a corner of our mind. So was the case with Adam Valenzuela who had his first guitar when he was thirteen years old. After receiving his first guitar at thirteen he didn't start playing a lot more until sixteen because it was discouraging to...

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By (Amairani as assoc. editor) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 5 min read

Imperialistic Picnic

Sharing homemade sandwiches, chips and salsa in addiction potato with potato chips on top. The heart of the Imperialistic Picnic was in joy of giving. John Hogan went to art school MICA Maryland Institute College of Art ,then went to CAL Arts in the city of Valencia to finish off his schooling. Ricky Diaz major undecided stated, "At first we...

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By (Amairani as assoc. editor) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read

HILL STORY !

When we find ourselves in a struggle with day to day matters we might push it aside and tuck it into a corner in our mind. At Cerritos College there are many other issues going on other than school deep within students brains. For many students the hill mid day is a sweet haven. Adam Valenzuela a music major on...

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By (Amairani as assoc. editor) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read

campus furniture

Waiting for a class to start can take minutes to even hours depending on each student’s schedule. During that waiting period however, students settle for sitting on the floor, stairs, or anyplace that seems like an empty space. While a few buildings on campus do have somewhere to sit during the waiting period, not all do. The school however is...

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