The Cerritos College Athletic Center has no requirements among drug testing athletics. Everything is done with the relationships between the coaches and their team. “It's really expensive for the school to afford drug testing,” Athletic Director Dan Clauss said. Mandatory drug testing is not being required, but it’s up to the coaches to decide whether or not they want to...

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Sandra Bullock is like a fine wine, she only gets better as time progresses. In Bullock's new film “Gravity,” directed by Alfonso Cuaron, shows that she can accomplish any role that is given before her. The film is about a medical engineer named Dr. Ryan Stone, played by Bullock, and her partner Matt Kowalski, played by actor George Clooney, who...

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Being champions of the South Coast Conference South Division is not enough for the men’s basketball team, as head coach Russ May notes the bar is set high for a unit that is after a State Championship. The men’s basketball team opens its season with a double-header with the women’s team Saturday, Nov. 9 against Rio Hondo College at 6...

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Domestic and international students in the International Student Association Club came together on Wednesday to hold their weekly International Tea Time, which is a meeting that celebrates a different culture every week. Various students from different countries including the United States, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Columbia and other countries from around the world attended the event. ISA members learned about aspects...

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“Popped a molly, I’m sweatin’” is a catchy phrase that music artist Trinidad James uses in his hit song, and this constant exposure to drugs in the media has desensitized college students to drug use. Luis Morales, a criminal justice major, said hip hop music plays a major role in the environment at college parties. “You hear that music every...

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“This is our 16th year of doing the Turkey Trot here at Cerritos College and it’s a food drive,” Dr. Ni Bueno, an organizer of this fundraiser, said. The event, which will take place in Falcon Square on Nov. 21 at 11:00 a.m., is a race that stretches out to a mile and a half run or walk around the...

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According to English major Mirella Garcia, who is affiliated with the Puente Club and displayed Mexican culture during the event, the Cerritos College Day of the Dead event was structured to inform about different cultures’ customs concerning death. The event was hosted by the Anthropology Club in Falcon Square Thursday, Oct. 31 and had various clubs across campus participating. “It’s...

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Standing out amongst the rest of the cars parked in the C-10 parking lot, the Cerritos College Automotive Department received a glimpse of an Army drag race car at the Army Drag Car Show on Thursday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event not only showcased a drag car dubbed “the Sarge” that can reach 330 miles per hour,...

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Students need to be realistic about the effects drugs have on those that abuse them, and they must not embrace how society portrays them as things that are needed for having a good time. Neither should they view them as a safe way of enhancing the way their bodies function. A drug, according to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, is “a...

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College is a big step to underage drinking because students believe once they hit college, drinking is OK. Although many of them are underage, they try to maintain older friends to give them the opportunity to drink. Underage drinking has lead to car accidents as well as fights between friends. Students do not understand the danger underage drinking can lead...

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