With all the time and preparation that goes into getting an athlete ready for game day, people can think that an athlete is set for any possible situation. Injuries tend to happen unexpectedly as in the case of sophomore goalkeeper Alexis Carrillo. Carrillo was participating in a scrimmage match in Mexico during March 2012 when she tore her ACL. ACL...

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Kimberly Rosenfeld, a speech communication professor and department chair at Cerritos College, received her Ph. D. at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education with her dissertation focusing on computer mediated communication, education and philosophy this June. Before receiving her Ph. D. at UCLA, Rosenfeld received her bachelor's and master's degrees in speech communication at the California State University, Fullerton. “As I...

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Women’s soccer head coach Ruben Gonzalez has been coaching soccer for 22 years and also played as a defender because of his height. Gonzalez started coaching at Cerritos College in 2005. Ever since then, the women’s team has won three state championships in the last six years and two national championships. Gonzalez talked about why he likes soccer, “It’s just...

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133 pound sophomore George Mariscal is aware of the mistakes he and the team have made in previous competitions and hopes to rectify those mistakes in an away competition against Mt. San Antonio college Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. “There are always those mistakes that teams are going to encounter in the season. The way we’re progressing right now,...

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Head coach Teresa Velasquez is proud to have her volleyball team be a part of Side-Out, a foundation where schools from across the nation help raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research. Athletic teams from across the country will partake in Side-Out’s Dig Pink program in order to inform individuals on the importance of breast cancer, how it affects...

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Free Speech Zone: What are your thoughts about the government shutting down? Tera Lim, Computer science “I think the major issue with our budget problem deals with the military expenses and the standing army that we have. I just don’t necessarily support the government into major trillion dollars of debt to fight a war that maybe we shouldn’t be there...

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Dear Editor: The following is in reference to the TalonMarks editorial entitled “Make Counseling Pain-Free” that appeared in the Wednesday, August 28, 2013 print edition of the newspaper. The Cerritos College Counseling Division wanted to provide some information that the editorial writer(s) may not have been aware of when the editorial was written. The Cerritos College Counseling Division is dedicated...

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ObamaCare is great as long as you don’t get too comfortable ObamaCare will get started back up as soon as the government shutdown is over, and there are plenty of reasons to see if you qualify. It offers cheaper health insurance as well as being able to stay on your parents' insurance until you are 26. This is great for...

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Setter Crissy Silavong’s team-high of 15 assists, along with five digs, led the way as the volleyball team cruised through Los Angeles Trade-Technical College in straight sets to take a 1-0 start in conference play. Cerritos College won each of the sets by at least 14 points and was able to hold Trade-Tech to a total of 29 points in...

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Efficient defense was the factor thought freshman goalkeeper Thomas Yeandle in the men’s soccer team’s 4-0 win against El Camino Compton-Center at home Friday, Oct. 4. “It was excellent. We were super strong on defense and that made everything else easy. We were really quick out on midfield.” The team now holds a 6-2-1 record overall, and with this win,...

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