Besides Financial Aid telling students their FAFSA didn't go through, nothing scares college students more than math. According to Angela Conley, department chair of science, engineering and math (SEM) said, "Student mindset, when it comes to mathematics, at Cerritos College is trying to create a positive mindset, an optimistic mindset, as far as mathematics goes helping students realize that it...

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Trustee member Zurich Lewis proposed that the Board of Trustees start every meeting with an invocation, during the Wednesday, Sept. 2 board meeting. An invocation, is a call for wisdom or call to authority, in this case it would not be religious. "We [would be] supporting the college by blessing this meeting, on a legal basis," he said. Lewis mentioned...

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Cerritos volleyball team earned key wins to place it in the championship bracket for a chance to win the Cerritos tournament. The team earned wins against Glendale College, Cuesta College and Santa Monica College Friday, Sept.11. In the first match Cerritos College faced Glendale College at 11 a.m. and defeated Glendale in three sets [25-11, 25-20, 25-17]. Outside hitter Nicole...

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Some people enjoy thrillers and some don’t. Head coach Frank Mazzotta and staff may be those who don’t. After last week’s win at Saddleback College, Mazzotta said his grey hair turned white during the game, this week he might be losing his hair. Cerritos College took care of business yet again, but not without some serious drama and uncertainty as...

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Senate elections took place last Wednesday, Sept. 9 and Thursday, Sept. 10, attracting more voters than previous years, according to an election committee member. Despite the larger voting turnout, there were still many students unaware of the elections. Jocelyn Torralba, communications major, said, "I did not know that there was voting at all."She also said that it's great to have...

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Where has the time gone? We’re in the year 2015 people! The 21st century. Now, there may not be hover boards, spacecraft-like cars or holographic phones like Back to the Future: Part 2 had promised us, but we do have the brilliant words of our founding fathers. The founders of this country and writers of the Constitution have given each...

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“Wake up Mr. West!” Kanye West expressed his intention to run for president in 2020 while receiving the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award during this year's MTV Video Music Awards. For all traditional Kanye West fans that is just the intro to the rapper’s “Heard ‘Em Say” song, however, it may be more of a reality for the rapper right...

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Daisy Ramos - Medical assistant major“I think they should, since people are different genders and so they don’t discriminate the people.” Eric Devalle - History major“Well it's all right I guess, I don't really have an opinion on it.” Christina Molina - Criminal justice major“I think we should, since males prefer to be with straight people, but then there are...

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The men's cross country team placed 11th at the Mark Convert Open on Saturday, Sept. 5. Cerritos College was one out of the eight community college teams that participated in the race. There were a total of 13 squads that ran in the meet. Cerritos College finished with a total of 297 team points in the 8K course. The total...

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The women's cross country team went to Carbon Canyon Park in Brea, California for the Mark Convert Open. This was the first meet of the season for the Falcons and raced in a 5K course. The team placed in 7th place and the meet consisted of 11 teams, five of them being community colleges. Cerritos College earned a total of...

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