It was the desire to teach theater arts to kids that made a 54-year-old become a student at Cerritos College. Two years later Arthur “Art” Hanney is now an ASCC Senator, a member of Phi Beta Lambda and actively participates in campus events. Making a difference in someone’s life is something he strives to accomplish every day; it is the...

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Voices rang out at night as students dressed in black, carrying signs denouncing sexual violence marched from Falcon Square across the Cerritos College campus chanting, “Whatever we wear, wherever we go, yes means yes, and no means no,” during the Take Back the Night event held on Wednesday, April 26. Take Back the Night event is typically held at night...

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The ASCC President elect Karen Patron and Vice President elect David Ramirez were inaugurated in the beginning of Wednesday, April 26 ASCC Senate meeting by Chief Justice Rodrigo Quintas. Their terms will start in this year's fall semester. Patron said she decided to run for president because she wants to bring back the school spirit, make the students feel welcomed...

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Today, pretty much every economy in the world is organized along capitalist lines. Just like every system, it is looked upon with frustration, skepticism and a lack of trust. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 14.4px; line-height: 12.5px; font: 10.0px 'Minion Pro'} On college campuses, capitalism has a bad name. Many professors and students confuse self-interest with...

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Homecoming queen Megan Kim fulfills one of her campaign promises as ASCC Senate passed legislation allowing two new Commissioner positions; one to represent the DREAMer Club and one to represent international students. Kim had been working on the legislation since January and was finally able to get the commissioner legislation passed at the Wednesday, April 12 ASCC senate meeting. These...

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Majority Leader Ian C. Calderon came to Cerritos College for an event titled 'Pizza and Politics on California's Future", hosted by ASCC. Pizza was served in the beginning of the event on Tuesday, and students, faculty and professors took their seats and Calderon began to take questions from the public. Questions ranged from tuition cost, immigration reform, Trump's administration policies,...

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On Wednesday, April 5 ASCC Senate welcomed Jarell McNeal and Damantc Austin Brown as new senators. Jarell McNeal is a Computer Science major and recently found out about ASCC Senate two weeks ago from his friends."I want to have a voice for people that don't really have a voice in here, specially for African Americans, you count how many are...

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For the second time since last year 2016 a legislation is being introduced to ASCC Cabinet and senate. The legislation “Funding of Computerized Kiosk” is back on the table and it’s second try for it to be passed. The electronic Kiosk would be interactive touch screens that would be placed on campus (most likely Falcon Square) and will allow students...

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This past Friday and Monday, next year's student budget was being continuously discussed by members of ASCC. Although the budget proposal for all clubs and programs is not yet done, they were able to get pass half of it as Commissioner of Budget and Finance Ariel De Los Santos said, "From where we started meeting till now we’ve done over...

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Nikita Katsnelsin is an international student-athlete at Cerritos College. Katsnelsin is a sophomore tennis player for the Falcons and finished the season 8-4 in singles matches. In doubles, Katsnelsin played this season exclusively with fellow Ukrainian and international student-athlete Sasha Krasnov, the duo ended 12-2 on the season. Where in the Ukraine are you from? A: Odessa, in southern Ukraine....

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