This is Editor-in-Chief Denny Cristales with a message for all those seeking to be informed. For some time, we here at Talon Marks have been in the possession of a drone. Its primary and sole use is for taking video and pictures through the use of a GoPro camera. Now, now - before you start going all haywire and start...

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In a world of smartphones, Instagram and Facebook, it’s not uncommon to know everyone's business; every little detail of everybody's life needs to be captured and posted online. For some, it's food, pets, a party with friends or that perfect selfie that the world needs to see. However, some are learning that there are things that should not be shared...

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Penalties seemed to haunt Orange Coast College, as the Cerritos College football team routed the Pirates, 55-26, on Saturday, Sept. 13. “My ideal in all the years I’ve coached, I always worry about the second football game. The second is really tough for kids - you go all summer, you finish the first game, then all of a sudden you...

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Free food such as tacos, corn and others were given out in front of Falcon Stadium for the pre-football game celebration on Saturday Sept. 13. Student, faculty and community members were in attendance and lining up to get free tacos. Not only was there free food, but there was also a mariachi band playing. Members of the Associated Students of...

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Are some of the females in today's media really good role models for teens? Probably not. Come on there are twerkers, some in the shady areas of life making young girls think all these thing are ok. When in reality it is not ok. Honestly today's role models for women well, there aren't any. Women in the media are pulled...

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When you think of hip-hop, you think of the vulgar music that sometimes doesn’t have any meaning other than sex, drugs and violence. But what if this music could be used in academia to teach a college course such as English? Would it work? Hip-hop music expresses more than just sex, drugs and violence. According to USA Today, in an...

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Born Mario Moreno, Cantinflas is a name recognized amongst most people of Mexican background, he was a person who grew up in a family of six with very low income, but those circumstances were enough to stop him from reaching his dreams. The recent film Cantinflas is a biography of who Cantinflas was and what he did throughout his time,...

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The collapsing Twin Towers were almost indicative of the United States' spirits on Sept. 11, 2001, the day terrorists struck the nation. At least it was that Tuesday morning. 13 years later, the details are apparent; 19 men hijacked four airliners and plummeted straight for New York, striking the Twin Towers and the Pentagon; all for the work of Al...

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Voting polls were out Thursday, Sept. 11, for the second-straight day of ASCC Senate elections from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. across campus. As a recurring theme from the first day, students were again saying they were misinformed and did not engage as much in voting for the second day. Business major, Ivan Ramirez,...

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Students at Cerritos College took time out of their day to help save lives by donating blood. The American Red Cross took blood donations in Falcon Square the week of Sept. 8 to 11, from 8:30 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. Project Hope organized the event that occurs four times throughout the year - September, November, February and April. Project Hope...

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