Sebastian Echeverry

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Worked on 680 assignments, created 197, named on 108 bylines for Talon Marks.

By (Sebastian as editor-in-chief) + 4 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read

ASCC Court votes to move commencement

At their weekly court meeting ASCC Court discussed moving the commencement ceremony to the Saturday after finals week. After moving on to new business, which was about commencement, award committee and review of the current ASCC court, it was unanimously voted to move commencement Chief of Justice Trent Coates said, "I think it is important to go through the ceremony...

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By (Sebastian as editor-in-chief) + 5 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read

Workshop targets students who are looking to transfer

Photo credit: Bianca Salgado

General and transfer counselor Rigo Castro, presented on Monday, Oct. 19 in the Multi-purpose Building an alternative option for students wishing to receive an A. A. degree and transfer to a California State University. There are several names for a "Degree with a Guarantee." Generally called AA-T, the associate degrees for transfer, other names include the associate of arts for...

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By (Sebastian as editor-in-chief) + 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...

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By (Sebastian as editor-in-chief) + 5 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read

Federal government has to put a squeeze on gun laws

Photo credit: Carlos Marquez

In 2015 alone, there has been a total of 264 mass shootings according to Independent. The answer to all this? “Stuff happens,” as Jeb Bush so candidly blurted out to a group of Republican voters, he said that there really isn’t much anyone can do about these mass shootings. There are 51 constitutions in the United States, one for every...

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By (Sebastian as editor-in-chief) + 5 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read

A timeless trilogy worth celebrating

Today is the day Marty McFly arrives in 2015 to save his son from ending up in prison and ends up unleashing a chain of events in Bback to the Future Part II. "That was the day Marty McFly went to the future of flying cars, controlling the weather and hoverboards," said Gabriel Martos, business major. In the first part...

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By (Sebastian as editor-in-chief) + 6 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read

Doc and Marty Experience accurate depiction of 2015

In “Back to the Future II,” Doc Brown and Marty McFly go to Oct. 21 2015. Since it is set in the future things look a little freaky in comparison to real-life today. However, some of the things that seemed so far-fetched at the time have become a societal norm now. According to backtothefuture.com, director Robert Zemecki said, “I learned...

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By (Sebastian as editor-in-chief) + 6 others for Talon Marks - 6 min read

Tech of the 'future' available today

Photo credit: Carlos Marquez

Time travel, hover boards, self-lacing shoelaces are all high tech advancements that make for great movie concepts and props, but how close are we to having them in real life?When Marty McFly and Emmett "Doc" Brown traveled from 1985 to 2015 in the film, "Back to the Future Part II," 2015 had all these things for commercial use. Well according...

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By (Sebastian as editor-in-chief) + 6 others for Talon Marks - 3 min read

High-speed rail system may not benefit all of California

Looking at the map of California's proposed high-speed rail system, not all of California is covered by it. There are a lot of major cities on the map that are not planned to be serviced by the system. According to hsr.ca.gov, the cities that are not being serviced include all the cities north of Sacramento and San Francisco, the central...

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By (Sebastian as editor-in-chief) + 3 others for Talon Marks - 2 min read

Women's cross country earns 4th place in Lewis and Clark Invitational

The 6K course included a total of 112 runners, as the Falcons saw their top two runners Maria Orosco and Marylu Pulido finish in 12th and 13th places and led in the Lewis and Clark Invitational on Saturday, Oct.17."It was a big confidence booster and we were the only ones from a community college and we all beat our PR...

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By (Sebastian as editor-in-chief) + 5 others for Talon Marks - 4 min read

Cerritos College nursing program in a nutshell

Ann Voorhies, registered nurse, hosted an informative presentation about the nursing program. The presentation was Tuesday at 11 a.m. to noon at room S102. The following is a list are prerequisites to join the nursing program. High School Graduation or equivalent. Completion of English 100, Math 80 & Reading 54 with a C grade or higher(Note) LVN applicants selecting the...

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