ASCC Senators speak out on micromanagement issues of the senate by administration, lack of resources for night time students and the unreliable Internet Wi-Fi access on campus. The next regular meeting of the Board of Trustees is set for Wednesday, May 6 at 6 p.m. at the Cheryl A. Epple Board Room. Hijacking of the entirety of agenda items, withholding...

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A main topic highlighted on many of the budgets printed out budget proposals handed to those that were at the senate budget meeting was the cut of funds to the Game Room classified salaries. Some senators wanted this point addressed due to the fact that senators were still unclear of the future of the Game Room and what was to...

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The Teleconference Center was filled to capacity as students in attendance even sat on the floor to hear Economics Professor Diane Keenan speak on her experience a recent tour of Cuba. "You could say there's 2 Cubas. There's Cuba in Cuba and then there's Cuban exiles living in Miami," Keenan said during her presentation on Tuesday, April 28. There are...

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With the end of the semester approaching, ASCC Court discussed the recommended changes to the election bylaws. Changes include regulation of the candidate’s paraphernalia, the monetary amount for a fine on missing campaign buttons and the number of election board member signatures needed to fine or give warnings to candidates in violation of the established bylaws. On Tuesday, April 28,...

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“My experience here is horrible,” Kelsey Nglam, a cosmetology student, said of her time in the Cerritos Cosmetology program. The Cosmetology Department has been put in the spotlight as several students have come forward to complain about aspects of the department and the conduct of certain faculty members. These complaints include a teacher wrongly failing students, grade negligence, letting students...

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Tomas Requejo, the father of women’s soccer player Nayeli Reqeujo, was not content with the information given to his daughter by the athletic counseling department at Cerritos College. Tomas made a public comment during the board of trustees meeting that took place Wednesday, March 18, in which he accused the athletic counseling department of misguiding his daughter on transferring information....

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The new ASCC budget proposal had the majority of the Cerritos Falcons show up to the ASCC Senate room. The proposal was brought to the ASCC Senate meeting on April 22, during which a large number of athletes showed up in regards to a 3 percent cut to their budget, with only $184,321 allotted by the committee from the projected...

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A special ASCC Senate meeting was held on Friday, April 24, specifically to address the 2014-2015 budget proposal that would be implemented come Fall semester. The Senate scathed by meeting the quorum requirement of 18 needed to fully vote and pass agenda items. Before Commissioner of Budget and Finance Dalia Jimenez could begin her budget proposal breakdown, Dean of Student...

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Music played in the amphitheater, Hot Dog on a Stick gave out food near the library sidewalk and clubs flooded Falcon Square to welcome high school seniors from local high schools Friday, April 24. The turn out gave the clubs and courses on campus the chance to entice possible future Cerritos College students to join them. Santa Fe High School...

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The first ever Art Walk took place since the days of 1955 when the college was first established. The art walk, put together by students Hope Garcia and Brian Temporary, took place in Falcon Square on Thursday, April 23 from 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The event was set up under tents for students to freely walk up to for...

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