Domestic violence was the topic of an hour long workshop on Tuesday which aimed to inform the public about the stigma and myths associated with abuse in relationships. The Re-Entry program coordinator, Shannon Estrada, organized the event and hopes for students and others who are interested to attend future workshops. “I try to do workshops that are meaningful and that...

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On Monday, the American Red Cross conducted a blood drive arrived at Cerritos College, prompting potential donors eager to help save lives to queue outside the truck parked in Falcon Square. A majority of contributors were seasoned blood givers and were happy to donate their blood multiple times. Laura Hurtado, a homemaker who had been donating her blood for 15...

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Culinary arts major and international student Sid Jayathilake said that coming to the United States as a student was a risk. Jayathilake is from Sri Lanka, a country north of the Indian Ocean, and has been at Cerritos College for three semesters. When he was 16, Jayathilake moved to California with the help of his father, but has since moved...

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The Center for Teaching Excellence officially opened in the Cerritos College Library on Thursday with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. The center coordinator Dr. David Betancourt said, “The mission of the center is to provide professional development for our faculty, and also to provide a one stop resource center so they can come in and ask questions about anything that’s going...

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Cerritos' campus has recently fallen under siege by immense heat waves ravaging across campus these past couple days leaving students and faculty to resort to some cooling tactics. “It can happen to anyone,” Associate Dean of Student Health, Wellness and Veterans Nancy Montgomery said. “The symptoms of heat stroke are high body temperature, lack of sweating, nausea (and) vomiting.” Montgomery...

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When Brianna Sittrop first started dating her boyfriend at the time, she did not realize that his Japanese background would cause conflict between her and her family. “Because of my history, my family members were persecuted by Japanese people. It was very difficult to get my parents to be okay with me being with someone who is Japanese,” Sittrop said....

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There are multiple clubs available to students that cover a wide range of interests including conventional and un-conventional options such as a "Harry Potter" Club, an Anime Club and a Wilderness Club. Biomedical major and president of the Wilderness Club David Garcia, feels that his club helps students get in touch with nature. "Our club helps to get people out....

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Gustavo Olguin: Alright, it’s Gustavo again here with Talon Marks and we’re having a little debate and I’m going to have the contestants introduce themselves right now. Daniel Green: I’m Daniel Green, I’m the news editor for Talon Marks and I’m on the side of Xbox One. Dominic Hennix: I’m Dominic, I’m the staff writer for Talon Marks and I’m...

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School continues to prepare for accreditation visit. The self-evaluation for Cerritos College's accreditation is still going strong. The teams from the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) are expected in March. The school is confident in the steps they have taken to meet the standards set out by the ACCJC. While they are paying attention to the situation...

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The changes to the rental program came into effect at the beginning of the semester. According to store manager Mando Quatel, last semester the store had been offering about 20 to 25 percent of textbooks for rent."Our goal was that we wanted to be a lot higher than that. We wanted to be able to offer affordable textbooks to the...

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