Lauren Gandara

Fall 2013 Editor-in-Chief for Talon Marks. I'm a journalism major at Cerritos College. Cerritos College

Worked on 281 assignments, created 12, named on 16 bylines for Talon Marks.

By (Lauren as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read

Selling Stress: Solicitors on Campus

When he first started asking students to join LA Fitness, Boris Arias felt the cold shoulder from students as a solicitor on the Cerritos College campus. “Because it is my first sales job, when I started working here it was pretty tough because I got rejected a lot,” Arias said. “The students didn’t like the idea of our one week...

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By (Lauren as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read

Students learn about university opportunities

Universities such as the University of Southern California, California State University, California State University of Los Angeles and Cal State Dominguez Hills attended Cerritos College's annual University Mega Fair on Thursday, Sept. 12 in Falcon Square. The University Mega Fair is an event in which well known universities are featured in order to help community college students decide where they...

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By (Lauren as editor-in-chief) + 2 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read

Sex crime in men's room

A Cerritos College student was sexually harassed by a man in the men’s restroom on the ground floor of the Social Science Building in the morning of Monday, Sept. 16. According to Cerritos College Campus Police Captain Tom Gallivan, the incident was addressed to campus police the following day. The notice wasn’t released until the evening time but Student Services...

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By (Lauren as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read

Freestyle rapper busts beats around campus

Steven Broom, wood manufacturing major, expresses himself through his freestyle rap. Broom has been rapping for nearly three years now, mostly through his freestyle rapping that he does around Cerritos College. He has been coming to Cerritos College for two years. After he is done with his studies, Broom is thinking about transferring to CSU Fullerton. He was inspired by...

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By (Lauren as editor-in-chief) + 2 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read

That's what we said: Technology vs Real World Expierence

Embrace the technological advances Technology has found an amazing way to bring people together no matter what the barriers might be. The smartphone in your pocket has to ability to do things that you couldn't even imagine before. But technology is always advancing and you must advance with it to enjoy all the benefits it has to offer. Put down...

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By (Lauren as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read

This week in sports: Sept. 22-28

Both the cross country and water polo teams perform in competitions this week, the wrestling team travels to West Hill for a tournament and the volleyball squad has two away games in this week in sports. The women and men’s water polo team will face-off against Los Angeles Trade-Tech at home Wednesday, Sept. 25 in a back-to-back matchup. The women's...

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By (Lauren as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read

Development is the goal for meet at Golden West

Although the entire team is not performing at Friday's meet in the Golden West Invitational, cross country director Christopher Richardson seeks to promote development in the men and women's cross country athletic and leadership skills. "We're all in the same page and the same accord heading into Friday's meet," he said. "Working and developing together as a team is what...

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By (Lauren as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read

Trade-Tech awaits water polo teams

Sophomore center Catie Tuning is excited for the first home game of the season for the women's water polo team, while sophomore Derek Klotzer enters the men's water polo game with a sense of confidence as both the women and men's water polo teams face Los Angeles Trade-Tech in back-to-back home games on Wednesday. Coming off this past weekend's events...

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By (Lauren as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 5 min read

Adriana Alcaraz follows her passion of wrestling

It is not a typical thing to see a female wrestler wrestling for the Falcons wrestling team, but freshman 125 pounder Adriana Alcaraz is committed to proving she's worthy against her male teammates. Alcaraz is one of three women who are a part the Falcon's wrestling team this season at Cerritos College. Her first stint with wrestling started in her...

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By (Lauren as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read

Understanding the mentality of sex crimes.

“See men aren’t afraid like, ‘Oh God I’m going to get raped!.’ They’re pissed that you would even threaten their masculinity,” Cerritos College sociology professor, Dianne Pirtle said. Specialized in Human Sexuality, she commented on the sexual assault that happened on campus last Monday in the Social Science Building. “That guy is actually lucky that the student didn’t start to...

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