Grester Celis-Acosta

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By (Grester as managing) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read

Women's cross country finishes second in Fresno

The Women's cross country team placed second in the Fresno Invitational. The team traveled to Fresno, California to race on Sept. 11. The invitational had a total of 16 colleges that participated and a total of 144 runners. Cerritos College earned a total of 70 team points. However, it saw Glendale College place first by earning 60 team points. Cerritos...

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By (Grester as managing) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read

Men's cross country place 6th in Fresno Invitational

The men's cross country team traveled to Fresno, California for the Fresno Invitational. The team placed in sixth place with 186 team points on Sept. 11. The team saw conference rivals Mt. San Antonio College place second with 58 team points in the Invitational, while American River College won the meet while 38 team points. The team was composed of...

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By (Grester as managing) + 6 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read

Women's Water Polo gets victory in season opener

Photo credit: Christian Gonzales

The women's water polo team opened its season against Rio Hondo College, which resulted in the team's first victory, 14-6. At halftime the women were in the lead by a score of 8-4, and then continued to succeed by adding six more goals. Freshmen Vanessa Hinojosa led all the team with five goals. While freshmen Mikaela Padilla had four goals...

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By (Grester as managing) + 5 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read

American Red Cross held blood drive on campus

Photo credit: Ethan Ortiz

For years the American Red Cross has set up blood drives all over the nation, and this week they returned to Cerritos College in the 60 celebration. The blood drive was full of specialized staff, volunteers and students. The specialized staff was in charge of taking care of the blood work, while the volunteers gave their time to help with...

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By (Grester as managing) + 6 others for Talon Marks - 5 min read

"Dogfight" of a game slips away from Cerritos College

Photo credit: Taylor Ogata

In the first two games of the season the Cerritos College Falcons have “let games be too close down to the wire.” It seems that has come back to bite the Falcons as they have dropped their first game of the year 33-29 to Fullerton. Ironically, enough the Falcons held the lead for majority of the game. Cerritos College did...

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By (Grester as managing) + 5 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read

Board approves budget adoption, will change it if needed

An amazing year in budgeting according to Dr. David El Fattal, vice president of business services, as the school has received a surplus in money for the 2015-2016 semester. Eyebrow-raising over school's money, college energy consumption watch and bidding guidelines for contractors all were discussed by the Board of Trustees Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 6:30 p.m. A live tweet compilation...

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By (Grester as managing) + 5 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read

Lessons learned propel water polo forward

Photo credit: Sebastian Echeverry

Head coach of the men's water polo team Joe Abing stood on the pool deck and looked over his players in the water, trying to formulate how to get his players, many of them brand new to the team, to perform at their utmost. Fresh from the tournament in Annapolis, Maryland, the four games played by the Falcons ended in...

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By (Grester as managing) + 6 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read

Safe haven for Cerritos College

The Campus Safety Event was presented as a safe haven for students who were going through things in their personal lives, such as dating/domestic violence, sexual/physical abuse, stalking, bullying or a hard time at home. Department Chair of Philosophy and Women’s Studies Professor Ana Towers-Bower held an event Tuesday, Sept. 15 called Stand Up, Speak Up, Speak Out. This event...

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By (Grester as managing) + 5 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read

Comic Con takes over Long Beach

Photo credit: Armando Jacobo

“Doctor Who” John Barrowman and “Marvel’s Agent of SHIELD” Chloe Bennet talked about their inspiration and behind-the-scenes outtakes as they highlighted the 2015 Long Beach Comic Convention. Unlike its older and more popular cousin (San Diego Comic Con), the Long Beach Comic Con is in its seventh year and was hosted at the Long Beach Convention Center on Sept. 12-13....

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By (Grester as managing) + 5 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read

Athletes stack senate

Years ago student athletes used to be a big part of ASCC Senate, but over the past couple of years student athletes have been inexistent. That all changed this fall as 11 student athletes got elected into senate. One of the reasons why many athletes are now in senate is because of the budget scare that occurred at the end...

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