When he first started asking students to join LA Fitness, Boris Arias felt the cold shoulder from students as a solicitor on the Cerritos College campus. “Because it is my first sales job, when I started working here it was pretty tough because I got rejected a lot,” Arias said. “The students didn’t like the idea of our one week...

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Universities such as the University of Southern California, California State University, California State University of Los Angeles and Cal State Dominguez Hills attended Cerritos College's annual University Mega Fair on Thursday, Sept. 12 in Falcon Square. The University Mega Fair is an event in which well known universities are featured in order to help community college students decide where they...

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A Cerritos College student was sexually harassed by a man in the men’s restroom on the ground floor of the Social Science Building in the morning of Monday, Sept. 16. According to Cerritos College Campus Police Captain Tom Gallivan, the incident was addressed to campus police the following day. The notice wasn’t released until the evening time but Student Services...

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“See men aren’t afraid like, ‘Oh God I’m going to get raped!.’ They’re pissed that you would even threaten their masculinity,” Cerritos College sociology professor, Dianne Pirtle said. Specialized in Human Sexuality, she commented on the sexual assault that happened on campus last Monday in the Social Science Building. “That guy is actually lucky that the student didn’t start to...

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Every day, students deal with numerous distractions from every direction such as work, family or the media. It can be hard to block out these distractions and find a way to focus on class and assignments or just relax. The campus should be one of the few places where students can put their outside life on the back burner and...

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Cerritos College president Dr. Linda Lacy calls this school year 'the year of recovery' as aspirations for superior educational planning, remaining fiscally strong, reducing textbook costs and preparation for the upcoming accreditation, among other things, were discussed during the college's annual Convocation at the Burnight Center Theater on Thursday, Sept. 19. “It was very informative,” David Betancourt, coordinator of the...

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“See men aren’t afraid like, ‘Oh God I’m going to get raped!’- they’re pissed that you would even threaten their masculinity,” said sociology professor, Dianne Pirtle. Pirtle, specialized in Human Sexuality, commented on the sexual assault that happened on campus last Monday in the Social Science building. “That guy is actually lucky that the student didn’t start to beat the...

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Pamela Sepulveda, who presented a Feelings and Coping workshop on Thursday for the Re-entry Program, used a presentation that was geared toward teens, but made sure that is applied to college students also. Sepulveda said, “The importance of the workshop today is for you to feel empowered on how to cope in a healthy way with your feelings because this...

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This year’s homecoming theme and schedule were among the things discussed at the annual homecoming kick-off luncheon Thursday. Excitement ran high as this year’s homecoming theme was announced to be “Comic Con." “I want to scream out loud,” said German Sanchez, president of the sci-fi club. “There’s a theme that caters to the nerds of Cerritos College.” Student activity coordinator...

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The Job Placement Center is where people can get free employment services for those in the Cerritos College community. Job Placement Center provides info regarding employment opportunities on and off the campus such as part-time work, full-time work, and internships. Terrie Lopez, director of Career and Assessment Services, goes on to talk about the purpose of the Job Placement Center....

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