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By Alexander Naveja (Daniel as managing) + 6 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
'It takes more than just being a woman'
The Cerritos College wrestling team has two women on the team who have the same amount of passion in wrestling as the men do. “I believe I make an impact because I’m there all the time and I put so much of my time on the team because it’s my passion and it’s something that I look forward to doing,”...
By Armando Jacobo (Daniel as managing) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
A 'jamboree' of talent for the scouts
With three basketball courts being played simultaneously, hundreds in attendance and 41 schools taking part in the men’s basketball jamboree, the event lived up to its name. Cerritos College played host to the SoCal Fall JUCO men’s basketball jamboree, a three-day event that extended from Friday, Sept. 19, to Sunday, Sept. 21. The juncture gave players, from 41 community college...
By Armando Jacobo (Daniel as managing) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read
Consistency in their play is preached among the volleyball team
Through seven games thus far in the season, the Cerritos College volleyball team is lacking consistency as they look to play in their home opener. After splitting their first two games and falling one game below .500 after the Cerritos Tournament, the Falcons realize that something has to give. “That shows how we’re inconsistent because there are some matches that...
By Carlos Holguin (Daniel as managing) + 5 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Ray Rice and why the the NFL is a crappy institution
For seven months, the National Football League has been dealing with the increasing fallout and pressure from the public in a response to a video showing Baltimore Ravens running-back Ray Rice assaulting his then fiance, now wife in an elevator. When the original video of Rice dragging his fiance out of an elevator surfaced in February, it took two months...
By Luis Guzman (Daniel as managing) + 5 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Not so 'Fresh and Natural' after all
Fresh and Natural getting a "C" rating is disgusting for Cerritos College students. The students deserve something better than this. At first it was a good idea of having a new food vendor coming into the mix at Cerritos College, with promises from the student government that this new vendor, Fresh and Natural, will be a healthier choice. Frantone's and...
By Gustavo Lopez (Daniel as managing) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
New bus fares don't fare well for students
Many students were surprised to learn that the transfer cost of riding the Metro bus, and, then, a Long Beach Transit or Norwalk bus was now $2.25 as opposed to the previous $1.85. “I don’t think the transfers are fair; they’re $2.25. [It’s] more money out of (students’) pockets. It’s basically - how am I going to get to school,...
By Carlos Holguin (Daniel as managing) + 5 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read
Fall of the Fall Banquet?
Costing $13,500, the annual Fall Banquet awards students of the fall semester with scholarships to further their academic career. While not as many students apply for scholarships in the fall as they do for the Spring Banquet, the importance of the Fall Banquet has recently been in question by various members of the board."With more students applying in the spring...
By Samantha Vasquez (Daniel as managing) + 5 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read
Fit Club gives out free yoga lessons on campus
Photo credit: Samantha Vasquez
With more than 20 students signing up, Fit Club’s free exercise booth proved to be a success. The club was promoting a healthier lifestyle to students at Falcon Square on Tuesday, Sept. 23. Fit Club is not just for the student body, it's available to everyone. It holds workouts, yoga sessions, hikes and nutrition advice for anybody willing to join...
By Gustavo Lopez (Daniel as managing) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 10 min read
Using art to cope with a disorder
Natalie Romero is like any other student here at Cerritos College, she is studying to become teacher is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and has a G. P. A. of 3.65. She is on her third year at Cerritos College and hopes to get her AA and transfer soon. But unlike most students here at Cerritos...
By Jennifer Medina (Daniel as managing) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Homecoming theme announced at Cabinet meeting
At the ASCC cabinet several topics were discussed, some of them which were the homecoming theme for this year, the go green bike station the school will be providing and the joining of the ASCC joining forces with school radio station WPMD. The theme for this years homecoming game will be "around the world" as discussed at the cabinet meeting....