Despite all the budget cuts and all the economic adjustments, Cerritos has been forced to make, it still manages to provide exciting and fun student activities.

So why is it that students don’t take advantage and participate in clubs, club activities or even in student activities?

Though it is very stressful and can be frustrating to have to deal with classes and homework or personal problems, it doesn’t hurt a student to participate in an event that is by provided by students to students.

The Associated Students of Cerritos College makes a tremendous effort to enable students to forget about stressful classes and everyday worries.

Whether it is through allowing them to build floats during homecoming, running for homecoming queen or Mr. Cerritos, participate in Hoe Down Days or simply by getting a burger from In-N-Out, it manages to give students the relaxing time they deserve.

Although community colleges don’t offer as many student activities as certain high schools do, other community colleges don’t offer as many activities as Cerritos currently offers.

Now more than ever, students should take advantage of school activities.

Take for example Welcome Back Day, where the ASCC rents In-N-Out trucks that hand out meals with a burger, soda and chips included.

Imagine a hot day when you just got out of a stressful class, and are extremely hungry.

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a freshly cooked burger, cold soda and some delicious chips for lunch?

You don’t even have to buy it! All it takes it just to have your activity sticker on your I.D. and show it at the front of the line in order to receive your meal.

Who wouldn’t want to enjoy a free meal on a hot day? How hard is it to participate in something like that? Not hard at all.

So participate!

Students need to take into consideration the time, effort and money that it takes to put together events for students to enjoy.

They need to get involved and begin participating in school activities.

Not only does it enable a student to get to know other students on campus as well as faculty, but it also looks good on his transcripts when they transfer.

If the ASCC is still trying its hardest to provide fun activities for students, then the students need to get more involved and participate.

One has to keep in mind that the ASCC can easily stop providing funds for activities and use that money instead for other useless things such as campus beautification.