The Music Department has a total of 10 practice rooms and about 180 students come to practice five days out of the week in its piano room. Not all students come to practice piano, however. Some come to practice for voice, saxophone, guitar, violin, percussion and trumpet practices. But, piano plays an important role for students majoring in music. "If...

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G. I. P. S. is ready to tour around local high schools starting on Friday, Oct. 24. Generic Improvisational Peep Show - also known as the G. I. P. S. - had its first auditions for the fall semester on Friday, Oct. 17, and is full of energy to showcase its talents. The improvisational comedy troop have been touring local...

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Kathy Hall teaches in a not so normal way. Teaching an English class via comic books and presenting at a Comic-Con conference is not the norm, but it’s exactly what part-time Cerritos College English instructor Kathy Hall has under her belt. “That was my brother’s fault,” she said. “I had been talking about how nice it would be to incorporate...

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“Do You Hear What I Hear”, lecture and piano concert series 2014-2015 brought a couple of extremely talented people to perform and honor the great Franz Peter Schubert, A well known Viennese composer. This lecture and piano concert series presented by Cerritos College Music Department and the Associated Students of Cerritos College happened Friday October 17. At 11:00 am in...

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Many acting hopefuls were lined up outside of the Burnight Center with the hopes to catch a spot in the "All in the Timing" play on Monday, Oct. 13.22 roles are up for grabs for students who want to take part in "All in the Timing."The play is six one-act comedies that was created by David Ives, a Chicago-born playwright....

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If you were to head to the Student Center in between classes, you can see that a swarm of students are playing their Nintendo 3DS systems. This is due to the newly released 3DS game "Super Smash Bros." and its impact on the Nintendo mobile-gaming franchise. The original "Super Smash Bros." was released in 1999 for the Nintendo 64 system,...

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Much like the set that the set the play is set on, "Waiting For Lefty" by Clifford Odets has some character to its looks, and it's that character that carries "Lefty" through both of its acts. While they may appear as flaws, or signs of age, the cracks and signs of stress are what defines the play. Though this may...

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Emotional acting was a standout quality at the opening night of “Waiting for Lefty” on Friday, Oct. 10, at the Cerritos College Burnight Center. Directed by Kevin Slay and originally written by Clifford Odets in the 1930’s, “Lefty” is a politically driven play about workers going on strike during the depression in 1935 New York. With about 80 attendees, the...

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“Choose a job you like and you will never have to work a day in your life.” For “Waiting For Lefty” director Kevin Slay, this quote by Chinese philosopher Confucius has become a reality in his life. Kevin Slay is a part-time theatre professor at Cerritos College who is currently directing the featured play “Waiting For Lefty” at the Burnight...

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“Get into the vagina!” After, the squishing through of a birth canal and out into the fresh breeze of the world around us. At least that’s the way it was Friday, Oct. 3, during a zombie-guided trip around “Venom.”This, of course, refers to one of the many mazes that Hollywood Sports was offering for its Halloween-themed attraction during Cerritos College...

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