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By Jah-Tosh Baruti (David as editor-in-chief) + 2 others for Talon Marks - 10 min read
Shmackem: NBA Playoffs round one shmackin’ predictions
The National Basketball Association Playoffs - 2018 kickoff on April 14, as the battle for the Larry O’brien Trophy begins in the first round, between eight teams each in two conferences in a best of seven showdown. Western Conference No. 1 seed Houston Rockets versus No. 8 Minnesota TimberwolvesThe Rockets won a franchise record 65 games, James Harden will win...
By Jah-Tosh Baruti (David as editor-in-chief) + 2 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read
Shmackem: Westbrook’s gonna Westbrook
Some haters say that he is just stat-padding to average triple-doubles, well up until the last game of the 2017-18 season on April 11, Russell Westbrook has accumulated 25 triple-doubles and the Oklahoma City Thunder’s record is 20-5 during those games. Say what you want, but men lie, women lie, heck even children lie, but numbers do not—and the numbers...
By Bianca Martinez (David as editor-in-chief) + 2 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Free Speech Zone: Should YouTube be allowed to censor content creators or should YouTubers be allowed to express themselves?
Issac Samarah - Mechanical engineering major"I believe that the content creators should be allowed to express themselves because as it has been shown in recent years, YouTube's demonetization and censorship policies have gone to the extreme in which people who are expressing their topics or beliefs in a controlled and appropriate manner have been censored because the subject topic is...
No matter how upset you are with a company's policies, it will never make it okay to go and open fire on innocent employees, but now that it’s happened to YouTube’s San Bruno, California headquarters what will the company do regarding the changes it had made? On April 4th, a woman by the name of Nasim Aghdam unjustifiably opened fire...
By Jackie Mena (David as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
It's time we had more safety in our campuses and workplace
You've heard it all over your campuses, in a text message, in emails, another victim to rape, or even in a workplace. You've heard this all over the news with the Weinstein cases and women speaking out, but what are our campuses really doing in taking safety precautions to prevent this from happening? What are our workplaces doing to take...
By David Jenkins (David as editor-in-chief) + 2 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Wage Gap: Victim by choice
The gender wage gap exists, but as to why it exists is due to the different choices that men and women make. The talking point that women make 77 cents to the dollar to that of a man is something that as been said for years Some statics say different numbers other than 77, but we'll keep this for argument's...
By Bianca Martinez (David as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read
Bianca Bitches: Sun's out, bum's out, men get out
Photo credit: Carlos Ruiz, Carlos Martinez
With spring finally in full bloom in California, it is time for women to bring out the dresses, crop tops, shorts and rompers, unfortunately along with the influx of these garments comes the influx of assholes who forget that women have the right to dress accordingly to the weather. Before I kick off, men who are reading this, please save...
By Carlos Ruiz (David as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Women's tennis wins the South Coast Conference Tournament
Photo credit: Carlos Ruiz
The Cerritos College women's tennis team have been seeded first in the Southern California Regional playoffs after winning the South Coast Conference tournament. The Falcons played a final doubles match in which sophomore Lisa Suzuki and freshman Kseniia Prokopchuk teamed up against El Camino College. The match was won by the Falcon pair 8-1, and now they improved their record...
By Carlos Ruiz (David as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read
Falcons' men's tennis team battle each other in the finals
Photo credit: Carlos Ruiz
The Cerritos College men's tennis team are in the finals for the Western State Conference Tournament. On day two of the tournament the quarterfinals and semifinals matches were played. Freshmen Kent Hunter and Victor Castro are up against each other in the final singles match. Hunter made his way into the finals by winning the quarterfinals match 6-0, 6-1 and...
By Carlos Ruiz (David as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Falcons baseball win the series between Compton College
Photo credit: Carlos Ruiz
The Falcons baseball team swept the season series against Compton College in 11-0 shutout. Previously playing Compton College on two separate occasions on away territory the Falcons were able to win both games 19-5 on April 3, and 4-1 on April 5. Cerritos College played a fluid ball game, putting up 16 hits throughout all eight innings. The team had...