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By Ethan Ortiz (Monique as copy) + 6 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Transfer students get a look into their futures
Photo credit: Ethan Ortiz
Most students start at a community college hoping to transfer to a university, and Cerritos College has continued to push students toward that direction by providing one-on-one assistance and several fairs throughout the semester. The first ever unification of a Majors/Transfer Fair was held on Tuesday, Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The fair had about a dozen...
By Sebastian Echeverry (Monique as copy) + 5 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read
Part-time professors struggle to make ends meet
No benefits. No retirement. Only their love of teaching. Part-time professors spoke with students about their struggle hopping from campus to campus to make ends meet."'I'm going to have surgery, is that okay,'" adjunct English professor Lyndsey Lefebvre said as she recalled the moment she once feared to let the school she was working for know of her absence for...
By Monique Nethington (Monique as photographer) + 6 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Zombie Fest takes different nightfall approach
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All the monster and ghouls have come out to play as the sun fell during the Cerritos College Zombie Fest. The Associated Students of Cerritos College (ASCC) and the clubs here at Cerritos have come together Oct. 29 to bring students Halloween in Falcon Square. ASCC extended Zombie Fest through the nighttime and kicked up the fright factor up a...
By Rob Flores (Monique as copy) + 6 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read
Free edu email accounts available for students
Associated Students of Cerritos College President Eduardo De La Rosa has had his email account since serving as an associate justice last spring. De La Rosa said, "This isn't new, we always had the emails, but we want to get the word out to students."Free student email accounts are accessible for students at any point. He added, "To me having...
By Toni Reveles (Monique as copy) + 6 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
UC application workshop aids those about to transfer
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Maribel Rodriguez, who has been going to Cerritos since the fall of 2012 is in "disbelief" that she is finally transferring. On Thursday, Oct. 15 Rodriguez and other students who are almost done completing their 60 transfer units attended a workshop to help them apply for Universities of California. Most of the students in attendance have been going to Cerritos...
By Amanda Del Cid (Monique as copy) + 6 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read
The Great ShakeOut causes confusion
Since 2008, The Great California ShakeOut has had people drop, cover and hold on to increase awareness on earthquake safety. It was reported that 10.4 million people participated in the 2014 California ShakeOut and this years drill has already exceeded that number. In the U. S., the total number of participants from 2014 was over 20 million. Globally, the drill...
The K-16 bridge program counts with a total 262 Cerritos College freshmen and on Thursday, Oct. 15, less than 30 freshman attended a workshop that was provided by the K-16 bridge program. The K-16 bridge program is designed to help incoming freshmen learn how to sign up for classes, what classes they should take for their career path and how...
By Ethan Ortiz (Monique as copy) + 6 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read
Transferring and what's needed when applying
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It's transfer season and the Transfer Center is looking to help students move on up in their educational careers. On Oct. 12, Transfer Center counselor Clara Ross-Jones conducted a Transfer 101 workshop in the Multipurpose building. Ross-Jones explained that students would need to complete three major requirements to transfer and get to the upper division college level. The three requirements...
By Karla Enriquez (Monique as copy) + 5 others for Talon Marks - 5 min read
Striking of the floats
The homecoming floats have been a tradition upheld by Cerritos College for decades and it wasn’t any different for fall 2015 homecoming. ASCC Senate, reduced the homecoming budget from $16,000 in 2014 to $6,500 in 2015 allowing each club a check of $250 for their float construction. “There is a budget for the floats that is approved by ASCC Senate,...
By Karla Enriquez (Monique as copy) + 5 others for Talon Marks - 5 min read
Student government looks into minimizing noise in the library
Photo credit: Karla Enriquez
It hasn’t been kept hush that there is a problem in the library when it comes to noise levels and how to handle it has been a topic of discussion in student government. Some of the solutions up for discussion include having student government leaders monitor the library. Senator Luis Guzman has been outspoken in senate about the issue. He...
