Denny Cristales

Denny Cristales is the editor of Talon Marks located in Norwalk, Calif. for Cerritos College. Norwalk, CA

Worked on 570 assignments, created 250, named on 118 bylines for Talon Marks.

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Another loss in a close game for women's water polo

Photo credit: Kristopher Carrasco

"I think throughout the entire game, we were in it, whether we were down by one or down by four, it was definitely a winnable game," assistant coach Sharon Ku said after suffering another loss. The women's water polo team played a tough game against Mt. San Antonio College, only to lose with a score of 13-10. The first period...

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Late rotations, communication a factor in volleyball's defeat

The volleyball team's lack of communication cost it a 3-2 loss against Riverside on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 5 p.m. inside Falcon Gymnasium. The Falcons started by dominating the game with a 10-3 score within the first 10 minutes of the game. The team demonstrated its useful tactics against the Riverside Tigers, but as the game progressed, the Falcons caught...

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'Order' makes plans for future events

So, what's in the book of spells for Order of the Falcons this time around? Well, on Monday, Sept. 22, the club had its first "Welcome Feast" of the semester, held at the "Great Hall," also known as the Student Center. Basically, it had a pot-luck, members brought food; which they received points for; and as they feasted and mingled...

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Faculty Senate discusses adding more classes

The Faculty Senate had a variety of things that the group discussed during the meeting in the board room on Tuesday, Sept. 23. One of the first things that was discussed was the procedure on adding classes in future semesters. The idea is based on necessity in a way, with putting it in students' GE's, trade classes and any other...

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Sept. 23 | Court Meeting

“I’ve been interested before, but I was a little more shy; before, it was a little lack of information on my part. This semester, I took a bigger initiative to get myself informed,” newly self-appointed investigation officer Eduardo De La Rosa said. The Tuesday, Sept. 23, court meeting started with court members introducing themselves and the choosing of each court...

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'It takes more than just being a woman'

The Cerritos College wrestling team has two women on the team who have the same amount of passion in wrestling as the men do. “I believe I make an impact because I’m there all the time and I put so much of my time on the team because it’s my passion and it’s something that I look forward to doing,”...

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A 'jamboree' of talent for the scouts

With three basketball courts being played simultaneously, hundreds in attendance and 41 schools taking part in the men’s basketball jamboree, the event lived up to its name. Cerritos College played host to the SoCal Fall JUCO men’s basketball jamboree, a three-day event that extended from Friday, Sept. 19, to Sunday, Sept. 21. The juncture gave players, from 41 community college...

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Consistency in their play is preached among the volleyball team

Through seven games thus far in the season, the Cerritos College volleyball team is lacking consistency as they look to play in their home opener. After splitting their first two games and falling one game below .500 after the Cerritos Tournament, the Falcons realize that something has to give. “That shows how we’re inconsistent because there are some matches that...

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Ray Rice and why the the NFL is a crappy institution

For seven months, the National Football League has been dealing with the increasing fallout and pressure from the public in a response to a video showing Baltimore Ravens running-back Ray Rice assaulting his then fiance, now wife in an elevator. When the original video of Rice dragging his fiance out of an elevator surfaced in February, it took two months...

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Not so 'Fresh and Natural' after all

Fresh and Natural getting a "C" rating is disgusting for Cerritos College students. The students deserve something better than this. At first it was a good idea of having a new food vendor coming into the mix at Cerritos College, with promises from the student government that this new vendor, Fresh and Natural, will be a healthier choice. Frantone's and...

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