This year's Comic-Con themed homecoming was originally planned to have seven candidates, but the Associated Students of Cerritos College has announced last Thursday that a tie for seventh place resulted in eight nominees for homecoming queen. Because these women got through the first round of nominations, candidate three Stacy Sandoval thinks it is important for one to stay humble about...

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Talon Marks was awarded with two awards for excellence at the 2013 SoCal conference held by the Journalism Association of Community Colleges. The paper received General Excellence for the print edition of the paper as well as General Online Excellence for the talonmarks.com website. The conference was held at Cal State Fullerton on October 11 and 12 with the awards...

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The Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Grant hosted its second annual STEM Open House last Friday. The event was open to the public and included club booths, student presentations, program tours, scavenger hunts, telescope viewings and various demonstrations on STEM related topics. The open house was held to inform the community and students about STEM majors, department programs and activities....

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Since being signed into law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has garnered mixed emotions from Americans such as chemistry major George Mariscal. “Personally, I do not support Obamacare... I don’t agree with every American having to buy healt hcare," Mariscal said. "I feel that a lot of people can’t afford it.” While some do not support the bill,...

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Students are beginning to question what the government shutdown means and how it will affect them, but the real crisis is the toll that it's taking on the nation's veterans. As of now, the government shutdown has not had an effect on the benefits that our veterans receive, but if Congress cannot put their heads together to come up with...

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Kimberly Rosenfeld, a speech communication professor and department chair at Cerritos College, received her Ph. D. at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education with her dissertation focusing on computer mediated communication, education and philosophy this June. Before receiving her Ph. D. at UCLA, Rosenfeld received her bachelor's and master's degrees in speech communication at the California State University, Fullerton. “As I...

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Cerritos College's nursing program offers students an opportunity to go into the medical field and prepare for a nursing career. The nursing program at Cerritos College has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing and has also been accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing. Professor Peggy Stuart said that a luncheon is held at the...

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You can see them walking to their taekwondo class in their doboks, taekwondo shoes and belts that indicate their rank, the Martial Arts Club members meet every Monday and Wednesday at 12:30 at Falcon Gymnasium. The club is open to all practitioners of any style that want to come in and share their martial knowledge. The Martial Arts Club's advisor...

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In a dominant victory, the women’s soccer team made a strong statement in its home game by shutting out Los Angeles Harbor College 9 - 0 Tuesday, Oct. 1. The Falcons struggled early on in the first half of Tuesday’s game against Los Angeles Harbor College. While the team managed to constantly drive in to the opposing team’s side of...

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Cerritos College Faculty Senate previously discussed in a meeting that the Elbow Room is going to be turned into a cybercafe and moved into the new Liberal Arts building. However, there seems to be a lack of awareness and excitement by the students and the employees of the Elbow Room about the move. The Elbow Room is located in between...

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