Despite a loss, the women’s swim team is exploiting its increase in endurance swimming in order to accommodate for both the three-day Cuesta meet this Friday and an NCAA-style schedule. Increasing endurance and stamina has been a focal point for the women’s swim team, according to coach Sergio Macias, as it has been suffering in keeping up its pace at...

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Students got to see their teachers perform in another setting besides the classroom on Sunday. The Faculty Gala had live music and entertainment to raise money for student scholarships at the Burnight Center. It was the 31st semi-annual event of its kind, with Cerritos College faculty playing the respective instruments it teaches in the classroom in front of the audience...

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"Exhausting" is one way the women's swim team would describe swimming 10 events in one day, but that's exactly what it did last Friday at the Golden West Invitational. The invitational had women swimmers qualify from preliminary competition toward the finals. Both preliminary and final competitions were swam the same day, so as a result, those who swam and qualified...

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“Unity.” In Kiswahili, it translates to “umoja.” For Cerritos College, however, it translates to student success, according to Sheila Hill, a student services professional. UMOJA is a student success program designed to help students figure out what they are good at and use that knowledge in order to become better students. The program also provides a heavy emphasis on communication...

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A dialogue, which featured California State University Fullerton professors, involved counselors directing students about collegiate opportunities and planning when it comes to community college. Sheila Hill, a student services professional at Cerritos College, orchestrated the event. The conversation was held at the Teleconference Center on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 2 p.m. The discussion began a series of conversations set to...

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Some “tired” swimming is what’s expected from the men’s swimming team after an emphasis on long-distance swimming has been integrated to practice sessions in preparation for a South Coast Conference meet at Rio Hondo Friday, Feb. 13. The team is coming off a pentathlon non-scoring meet, a competition that focused on sprinting races and had no factor in regular season...

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Moving can be a stressful experience for anyone, but it is especially stressful if you have to worry about your favorite toys or your butterflies. This is the main concern of the children in the Child Development Center as construction wraps up on a new facility. The new Child Development Center broke ground in May and is ready for the...

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Christmas is the season to get together, drink some hot cocoa and sit back and relax as the temperature drops. What better way to celebrate the holiday season than by watching some of the greatest Christmas movies of all time?From It's a Wonderful Life to Arthur Christmas, each movie has earned its respective place on our list. During your short...

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ASCC Senate met to discuss what needed to be done before approaching finals. One of the first things discussed was regarding the media policy here on campus, with a presentation by Miya Walker, director of college relations, public affairs, and governmental relations. The presentation was given as a means to ease the troubled minds of the ASCC Senate, as this...

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Caffeine may seem like the ideal solution to the busy and sleep deprived, but physical education instructor Debbie Jensen at has launched the PEDAL (Physical Educators for Discipline, Attitude and Learning) Program in hopes of improving student success with the help of physical education. “If you’re in your room at night and you’re like, ‘I have to drink a Mountain...

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