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By Marck Parra (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Athletic Training Center keeps student-athletes healthy
Whenever Cerritos College basketball guard, Tyler Payne, has an issue with his body, big or small, he does not hesitate to make his way to the Athletic Training Center on campus. According to staff members and student athletes, The ATC is at the forefront of athletic care and wellness. The ATC provides athletes with tips on how to maintain a...
By Max Perez (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read
Murray hits 500 wins in playoffs
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Head coach Kodee Murray and her team celebrated in the outfield after the Cerritos softball team’s 9-1 victory over Citrus College Saturday. However, the team was not celebrating its advancement in the playoff’s, rather it celebrating the fact that with that victory Murray reached her 500th win as a head coach, all with Cerritos. Murray’s coaching tenure with Cerritos began...
By Max Perez (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read
Talon Marks male athletes of the year
1. Angel Rojas, Men’s Water Polo, Driver Rojas came into the 2016 water polo with more momentum than any other player. In 2015, he finished with 155 goals, 105 assists and 99 steals in 34 games. He was one steal shy of being the first player in California Community College history to have 100 in all three categories. In 2016,...
By Max Perez (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 5 min read
Talon Marks female athletes of the year
1. Juanita Webster, heptathlete, Track and Field. Juanita Webster is probably the greatest female athlete to step onto the Cerritos College campus. Not only was she the heptathlon champion in the entire state last year, she has followed it up this year with multiple broken records. Webster has the top-mark in school history in the heptathlon with 5417 point and...
By Marck Parra (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read
Guardians of the Galaxy come back strong with its sequel
In true Marvel fashion, things get more and more elaborate in the latest installment of Marvel's quirky franchise, Guardians of the Galaxy. Space battles, planet-warping and narrowly escaping death follow as the Guardians make their way to a remote planet. Starlord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Racoon and Groot (in baby form) all return. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2...
By Max Perez (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Cerritos powers past Citrus to advance to Super Regional Playoffs
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Pitcher Kristen Voller threw her second complete game in a row in two days with two wins to advance the Cerritos softball team past the Citrus Owls by a score of 9-1. Voller threw six innings allowing five hits and no earned runs while striking out five to earn her 15 win of the season less than one day after...
On Wednesday, May 3 ASCC Senate was able to get legislation passed concerning the bylaws using gender specification. The bylaws will no longer contain gender normative pronouns. The legislation will change words such as "he" and "she" to "them" and "they". And words such as "chairman" will be changed as well. For example, in the Code Section VI: Publicity code...
By Jocelyn Torralba (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read
2017-2018 ASCC Budget Finalized
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On Wednesday, May 3 the ASCC Senate finalized the 2017-2018 budget. They reviewed the objectives that remained unfinished from of the past week. Alpha Gamma Sigma was the first item on the list in Section Three, they requested $6,600 and they were approved for $3,560. Phi Beta Lamda initially requested $16,100 for conference travel, career skills building and leadership. Senator...
There was a point in time when Co-Chair of STIXA Ariel Hughs suffered an injury and couldn't walk. She was in a wheelchair and had "a lot of doctors say" she would never walk again, "let alone dance."That is what ASCC Woman of the Year Award recipient Hughs said when talking about her struggles, which lead to her receiving the...
By Jenny Gonzalez (Monique as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Reading is better than smoking crack
Reading books can save lives. If you didn't already know this, according to an article by Reader's Digest, "A love of reading can protect your brain from Alzheimer's disease, slash stress levels, encourage positive thinking, and fortify friendships."While typically younger students don't feel the need to worry about Alzheimer's because they assume they still have time before they get old,...
