Worked on 472 assignments, created 70, named on 90 bylines for Talon Marks.
By Monique Nethington (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Cultural appreciation is not cultural appropriation
Photo credit: Rocio Valdez
How can people who fight constantly for equality be the same people that feed the divide that is quickly growing in this country? A short answer, and frankly only one of the answers: they claim cultural appropriation in every situation they can without even knowing the entire story. One can not claim to fight for equality if your are constantly...
By David Jenkins (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Religious moderates censor the public
In every religion you have your moderates and you have your extremist. You have zealous Christians who shoot up abortion clinics or Israeli Jews who believe in building settlements in Israel while pushing out the Palestinians because they believe it's their divine right, to Muslims who would want nothing more then to turn the globe into an Islamic theocratic hell...
By Dennis Osorio (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Summer lovin', had me a blast
We are now entering that phase of the semester in which we turn into lazy procrastinating zombie-like students. Let’s face it, the last few weeks of the semester are always the hardest. We have to manage to survive the long lasting school days full of homework, projects and studying for finals while our minds are somewhere else, daydreaming about our...
By Lindsay Helberg (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 5 min read
Veteran suicide rate
If you are on social media, watch the news, turn on a computer, or even read a newspaper, it would hard to miss the veteran suicide epidemic that has been plaguing our country ever since we fought and won our independence from Great Britain after the Revolutionary War. However, it has taken centuries for us as Americans to finally bring...
By Natasha Molina (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read
Las Chicas del Cable bring fierce feminism to a time reigned by men
Amidst the start of the first phone operating service in the 1920's, four working class Chicas of Madrid embark in Netflix's period drama; las Chicas Del Cable. These women from different parts of Spain befriend each other while working as the first phone operators of their time. They find themselves enveloped in life changing experiences of lies, jealousy, deceit, love...
By Rocio Valdez (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read
Free Speech Zone: How did you choose your major?
Isaiah Sotelo, Welding major, “I chose it because art wasn’t really working out for me. It’s a lot of fun and it’s a blast building things with metal.” Tao Aoiu, Business major, “Because my parents own a business so I want to help them.” Cristi Rizo, Child Development major, “It was actually hard, I didn’t chose that first, it was...
It seems we are living in a retrograde society at this point of the 21st century, where we have homophobic representatives and citizens that do not protect and respect other people’s choices and beliefs when these are not shared. Charles Petersen, anthropology major, is a Cerritos College student who feels for the LGBTQ community in a direct way; because he's...
The Cerritos College Veterans Resources Center and the Student Veterans Club hosted its seventh annual Military Ball on Saturday, May 6. Renée De Long, Dean of Counseling Services and part of the VRC, welcomed everyone to the event and opened by saying how elegant the venue was this year and thanked everyone for attending. She continued by saying the night...
By Jocelyn Torralba (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read
The history of Cinco de Mayo explained via lecture
It's that time of the year where Mexican festivities come around and everyone goes out party and drink but most people don't know the background of this holiday. History Professor Walter Fernandez gave a presentation on the history of Cinco De Mayo and the battle between Puebla and France. The lecture was held on Thursday, May 4 in LC 155....
By Perla Lara (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 2 others for Talon Marks - 5 min read
Class cancellation procedure frustrates faculty
Photo credit: Perla Lara
One or two weeks before the class starts and an email arrives saying Sociology 215 was canceled. What happened next was the search for a substitute class that still fit within student senate Liaison Allen Malfavon’s education plan. Fortunately, for Malfavon the change in class led him to discover he wanted to do economics as a major. Sixty percent enrolled...
