The California Community College Athletic Association sets the bylaws for the community college student-athlete. The bylaws are a 19-page document that can be found in the CCCAA website which details all the academic requirements a community college athlete has to meet in order to continue playing his or her sport. With the current eligibility bylaws, student-athletes are required to complete...

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Cerritos has several specialty programs that range from culinary to nursing but one that stands out is the Ford Asset program in the Automotive building. For one it is contained in its own area, which is hard to ignore while looking for parking. The Asset program, which has been at Cerritos since 1986, is a two-year AA degree program paired...

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A Disabled Student Program and Services Open House presentation was hosted in the Liberal Arts building on April 2 in LA 134. The Open House consisted of a power point presentation for faculty members to educate them on disabled student services, a raffle, refreshments, and a demonstration of little-known computer programs designed for disabled students. The program’s office moved from...

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Cerritos College is looking to implement online voting for future presidential and student trustee elections that would go into effect next year. Chief Justice Alejandra Lopez said that if passed at next week's ASCC Senate meeting, it could go into effect as early as Fall 2015. The system would work with the company Simply Voting, and it is already being...

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Cerritos College awarded 13 scholarships and recognized 65 students for their achievements in their academic excellence at the Academic Excellence Awards. The awards were on Thursday, April 2 in the Burnight Theatre. The Academic Excellence Awards started in 1981 to recognize student’s academic achievements. Dr. David Betancourt, chairperson for the academic excellence committee said the student recipients were chosen by...

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The music entertainment was provided by the WPMD Club with a group of rappers on stage including a woman rapper and business major Joe Escandon also known as Djxstatik providing the beats for the Spring Festival and provided games fun and memorable activities to fellow students on Thursday April 2. The Club President Simon Saveon also known as Ignite said,...

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Vice President of Student Services Stephen Johnson has formed a Student Equity Committee aimed at giving students an equal opportunity at a successful education. “The Student Equity Committee is to support the continuing achievement of student equity in access to the college, course completion, ESL and basic skills completion, degree and certificate achievement and transfer velocity,” Johnson said. The Committee...

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ASCC helped cook things up this April 1 in the Student Center by hosting the Chili and cupcake contest. Part of the Spring Festival events that have been taking place this past week, the event allowed clubs to show off their cooking combinations and skill to be judged, leaving the winners awards and cash for their clubs. Genesis Jimenez, medical...

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“This is a culmination of heart, desire and the determination of our students to say ‘Cerritos College does offer quality education’ and it’s a testament that we can compete with four year and UCs so I’m proud of everybody,” Business Professor Jerry Ramos said of his Phi Beta Lambda club chapter. The Cerritos College chapter of Phi Beta Lambda competed...

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Ishmel Albert stole the show and the Mr. Cerritos title with ‘Uptown Funk.’ The 33rd annual Mr. Cerritos event held at the Student Center on Wednesday, April 1 largely reflects the role of Fall’s homecoming queen. Contestants appeared in dress clothes and walked a runway, answered questions, lip-synced and performed a dance to a soundtrack. Participants and sponsors included: Dauvee...

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