Worked on 472 assignments, created 70, named on 90 bylines for Talon Marks.
By Jenny Gonzalez (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read
Professor Najarian marches in Washington
Photo credit: Hagop Najarian
Professor of Art & Design Hagop Najerian and his family decided to travel to Washington D. C. for the Women’s March and expressed that he had no idea of the magnitude of people at the march. He traveled with his wife and daughter, stating, “My daughter is at Berkeley and when the elections happened she was involved with the protests...
By Monique Nethington (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read
Far Bazaar inspires refugee art
Photo credit: Perla Lara
The outside wall of the painting classroom of the old Fine Arts Building has been transformed into a conceptual art piece that represents the refugee crisis happening in Syria. The artist responsible for the transformation is Cynthia Lujan an artist part of the Los Angeles based art collective called fa4, which is being a featured exhibit at FAR Bazaar.“I wanted...
By Monique Nethington (Monique as photographer) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 5 min read
First trustee meeting overshadowed by personal problems
Photo credit: Monique Nethington
Under the leadership of new board president Lewis Zurich, the first meeting of year for the Cerritos College Board of Trustees meeting saw presentation of school recognition awards, reviews and project plan presentations. However, the meeting was overshadowed by controversy and personal problems between members. The meeting, which was held Wednesday, Jan.18, was winding down to a close when arguments...
By Bianca Martinez (Monique as photographer) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Feminist protesters take arms against patriarchy in Los Angeles
Photo credit: Monique Nethington
The Women’s March organized by UFCW Local 770 took place on Jan. 21 in Pershing Square located in Downtown LA. Individuals of all creeds, ethnicities and sexualities lined the steps of the Los Angeles City Hall to protest the rights for women and all people that are struggling to be recognized and receive the rights that every individual deserves. The...
The arts is coming to the Cerritos College campus in the form of Foundation for Art Resources Bazaar, an alternative art fair and collective. FAR Bazaar is a non-commercial art fair that showcases art collectives, artist run spaces and local art schools who have had effect on the regional art scene. The foundation has a history of, taking abandoned buildings...
Emili Alexa Romani, songwriter and vocalist thought as she met with her classmates for the first time to form the band “Out of Nowhere, said, “Honestly I thought ‘we’re not going to be a band’. That was my honest thought; just because our first time [meeting as a band] we just started playing and jamming out and they [other band...
By Dennis Osorio (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read
Men's Fashion: Ballin' on a Budget
Photo credit: Dennis Osorio
Living in the 21st century, young college students, males and females way of dressing has evolved from generation to generation and molded by the mainstream popular culture, social expectations, ideals, and beliefs. Fashion among students has always been something outstanding in society but it is always changing. For example, we had the 50’s where high school girls would wear their...
By Marck Parra (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Philosophy Club welcomes students
Each new semester at Cerritos College offers students on campus the opportunity to join a club of their liking in efforts to better find themselves as students and individuals. The Philosophy club held its first meeting of the semester on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 11 a.m. in the Social Science building in room 137. In the room, students were presented...
By David Jenkins (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Event marks the start of Black History Month
As students come back from a four day weekend, a tribute was paid to Martin Luther King Jr. on-stage at the Student Center Jan. 18. There were drummers, dancing, food and a short lecture by both Dr. Anthony Lee and Professor Damon Cagnolatti on the importance of what MLK did and spoke of. "An unbelievably successful event," Dr. Lee said....
By Benjamin Garcia (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 5 min read
The Envelope: The depressed are not too opressed to be sucessful
There is an issue I have been personally bothered by for some time now. It is the fetishization and stigmatization of mental illness. In an egalitarian society, such oppression against a group of people whose affliction is far beyond their control cannot exist. It is inhumane. It is wasteful. It pisses me off! Perhaps the final straw was when a...
