Documents obtained by Talon Marks indicate philosophy instructor Kim Berling was possibly terminated unjustly on Tuesday, July 25 after an investigation was conducted against former chair of the philosophy department Ana Torres-Bower -- regarding physical and verbal abuse against Berling. Compassion In Action Club (CiA) President James Coppola posted the news on the Cerritos College Books 4 Sale Facebook page...

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As the fall semester is around the corner, the Board of Trustees gathered themselves for a meeting on Wednesday. While preparing for the semester, they have been able to complete two items on the agendas. One concerns classes that will be taken in La Mirada for students living in the area; the other, an elevator that will be built in...

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The tentative budget for Cerritos College that affects all students, faculty and staff was pre-approved by the board of trustees. The presentation held by Cerritos College President Dr. Jose Fierro on Wednesday June 21 displayed the 2017-18 tentative budget with detailed reports and projections including projected deficits. In the presentation, Fierro states the college began with a $2.6 million deficit...

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PLL Vice President James Cody Birkey stated, "Lets build our community college together," in his opening speech during the interview held by the Board of Trustees to fill the vacant spot left by former trustee John Paul Drayer. On Wednesday, the board interviewed four applicants, Lorraine Neal, James Cody Birkey, Judy Roldan, and Gloria Willingham, in 20 minute segments. The...

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To the dismay of students on campus, the school has allowed The Center for Bioethical Reform to return to Falcon Square on Monday, May 8 and Tuesday, May 9. Charlie Peterson, anthropology major, stood up against the group on Monday, May 8 saying, “It’s propaganda. This isn’t a matter of free speech, this a matter of medical misinformation.” He stated...

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In every religion you have your moderates and you have your extremist. You have zealous Christians who shoot up abortion clinics or Israeli Jews who believe in building settlements in Israel while pushing out the Palestinians because they believe it's their divine right, to Muslims who would want nothing more then to turn the globe into an Islamic theocratic hell...

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It seems we are living in a retrograde society at this point of the 21st century, where we have homophobic representatives and citizens that do not protect and respect other people’s choices and beliefs when these are not shared. Charles Petersen, anthropology major, is a Cerritos College student who feels for the LGBTQ community in a direct way; because he's...

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On Wednesday, May 3 ASCC Senate was able to get legislation passed concerning the bylaws using gender specification. The bylaws will no longer contain gender normative pronouns. The legislation will change words such as "he" and "she" to "them" and "they". And words such as "chairman" will be changed as well. For example, in the Code Section VI: Publicity code...

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ASCC Senate mainly discussed the 2017-2018 proposed budget which needs to be approved before the end of the semester. In comparison to last year, senate quickly approved the majority of the budget, while leaving out some items to discuss. The first item regarding administration requested $687,061.15, but only $623,573 was approved by senate. Section Two involved ASCC clubs was partially...

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Alpha Gamma Sigma this semester was able to have to opportunity to regain itself as a club and have a successful year as an honor society. Being that it got defunded in 2003 it was no longer able to be sustained,that's just history now. Current advisor of AGS Jerry Ramos said, "When I was a student here in 2002-2003 I...

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