Benjamin Garcia

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Worked on 385 assignments, created 116, named on 130 bylines for Talon Marks.

By (Benjamin as online) + 2 others for Talon Marks - 6 min read

Lust For Life: Lana Del Rey cures the depression she gave us in 2012

Lust For Life starts off on exactly the right footing with arguably the most radio-friendly of the singles off Lust For Life. Track one is Love, of which ten out of ten elders approved of:(Embed this )Love by Lana Del Rey is the full package, it has everything the first song on a rcord should: Ingenious lyrics, a very certain...

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By (Benjamin as online) + 2 others for Talon Marks - 6 min read

Lana Del Rey drops two sadcore trap singles featuring A$AP Rocky and Playboi Carti, edging fans who are horny in anticipation

Rapper and fan favorite A$AP Rocky, who played John F. Kennedy in the National Anthem music video, is featured on both of the tracks released by Universal Music Group International on July 12. It seems as though though Rocky plays the same character of a dynamic and beautiful man who corrupts and electrifies the speaker -- the speaker communicates this...

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By (Benjamin as online) + 2 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read

Kacy Hill brings an electric flare to chamber pop in "Like A Woman"

With the release of the record Like A Woman by Kacy Hill, another star has been put in the sky. That is, we (the sad girls and gays) have another firey, melancholy, lyrically-brilliant genius of an alternative songstress -- to add to the likes of Florence + The Machine, Lana Del Rey, Lorde and Fka Twigs. Quite like the aforementioned...

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By (Benjamin as online) + 2 others for Talon Marks - 7 min read

The Envelope: God hates Republicans

Conservatives are America's cancer. Sidenote: With the proposed budget throwing elderly people off of health insurance, we are bound to see more and more of these declining conservatives who sit in-front of their TV, eating microwaved TV dinners -- which contain carcinogenic GMOs -- developing cancer and dying. Republicans will soon be extinct like the 10,000 species that become extinct...

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By (Benjamin as online) + 2 others for Talon Marks - 8 min read

Melodrama by Lorde: The second coming

Singer Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor (better known by her stage name "Lorde") has given us, her loyal fans, an eclectic album that is more mature and intuitive than the her first. "Melodrama," released Friday, June 6, is exactly what we needed -- with break up anthems like Green Light and dark recollections like Sober and Melodrama. The aforementioned Green Light,...

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By (Benjamin as online) + 2 others for Talon Marks - 6 min read

The Envelope: What would Robespierre say?

"The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant," said the incorruptible leader of the French Revolution Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testified in front of Congress on matters related to education rights. Congresswoman Catherine Clark of Massachusetts did an excellent job burning DeVos with questions...

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

The Envelope: Good luck, graduates

As summer approaches, many students crawl ever closer to their impending graduation dates. Many have spent their entire academic career for this moment, high school graduation is no substitute for getting to toss the cap of a college or university they are proud to call their alma mater. Young, educated minds grasp at their diplomas tentatively as they finally make...

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By (Benjamin as photographer) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 5 min read

Recipients of the 2017 ASCC Awards honored at banquet

Photo credit: Benjamin Garcia

There was a point in time when Co-Chair of STIXA Ariel Hughs suffered an injury and couldn't walk. She was in a wheelchair and had "a lot of doctors say" she would never walk again, "let alone dance."That is what ASCC Woman of the Year Award recipient Hughs said when talking about her struggles, which lead to her receiving the...

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

The Envelope: Online Etiquette (for Dummies)

I may be a dirty, disgusting communist, but I know a thing or two about refinement-- especially online refinement. For example, you will look like a cretin if you creep onto someone's Facebook wall and try to start a cussing match-- especially if the recipient party does not reciprocate or respond. Everyone will think you are simple if you show...

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Awards were given to the Outstanding Faculty of 2017

Photo credit: Perla Lara

James MacDevitt started off at Cerritos as an adjunct in 2002; later he joined as full-time faculty. The economy crashed in 2009 and the Fine Arts department had to "unfortunately get rid of" the gallery curator (as MacDevitt puts it) and the only way to keep the gallery open was for a "faculty member to jump on board" and serve...

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